Construction work: a lifetime risk of injury, premature death
Nearly all construction workers will experience one or more work-related injuries or illnesses over a lifetime plus a greater risk of premature death, according to new data released at the American Public Health Association’s 139th Annual Meeting, held last week in Washington, DC.
Using multiple years of data from several national sources, including the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, researchers from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training - estimate that over a 45-year career a construction worker has a 75 percent likelihood of experiencing a disabling injury.
Additionally, over the course of a career, the same worker has a one in 200 chance of being fatally injured on the job.