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Editorial
. 2020 Jan;110(1):69-71.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305393.

Preparing the Future Workforce for Safe and Healthy Employment

Rebecca J Guerin  1 , Dawn Castillo  1 , Kitty J Hendricks  1 , John Howard  1 , John Piacentino  1 , Andrea H Okun  1
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Editorial

Preparing the Future Workforce for Safe and Healthy Employment

Rebecca J Guerin et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Jan.
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Occupational Fatality Rates by Selected Age Group and Industry Sector: United States, 2011–2017 Note. Ag/F/F/H = agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting; FTE = full-time equivalent; Transp. = transportation. Of deaths that occurred in the broader sector of Ag/F/F/H, 65% occurred in agricultural production. By age group, the percentages of deaths in agricultural production were 81% for workers 15–17 years, 59% for workers 18–24 years, and 55% for workers 25–44 years. Work-related fatality rates increase beginning at 45 years, thus limiting the analysis to workers 25–44 years allows a rate comparison with workers who more closely resemble young people in terms of physical stature. Source. Fatal injury rates were generated by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health researchers with restricted access to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) microdata and BLS Current Population Survey data; additional information at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm and www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of BLS.
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