As the large “baby boomer†generation — those born between 1946 and 1964 — ages so too does the nation’s workforce, while the labor pool shrinks. And while workplace injury rates for older workers are the lowest of any age group, their fatality rate is the highest.
To accommodate the aging workforce and to try and reduce fatality rates, businesses should design a safe workplace for this aging, yet valuable, group of workers, says the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), or be faced with a negative economic impact.