Thursday, March 24, 2005

Older Workers & Workers Comp

There are, and will be, more of "them" (errr... us). You know, the Older/Bolder crowd - the ones available in the spring and fall to serve their peers on behalf of your organization when your student help is long gone.

A story at the Workers Comp Insider relates some of the risks of this experienced crowd. Among them:

  • Higher Risks - injuries take longer to heal
  • Safety Factors - reflexes and vision really do decline with age, and maybe hearing too. So everything that is hazardous becomes more so.

Read more.

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