福克斯新闻 老人比年轻人因工死亡风险更大

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Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities¹ decreases, that's according to a new AP analysis of federal statistics.

About 35 percent of the fatal workplace accidents in 2015 involved a worker 55 and older. One expert saying that physical changes associated with getting old could potentially make a workplace injury more serious or possibly fatal. Gerontologists saying those changes include gradually worsening vision and hearing, reduced response time, balance issues and chronic² problems like arthritis³.

Paul Stevens, FOX News.

尽管因工死亡率近年来有所下降，老员工因工死亡的概率仍然高出整体水平，美联社最近分析了联邦数据之后得出了上述结论。2015年35%因工死亡的员工岁数都在55岁以上。一位专家称，年龄增长导致的身体变化可能会让工伤更加严重，甚至可能引起死亡。老年医学专家们则表示，这些变化包括听力和视力的逐渐下降，反应迟钝，平衡能力下降以及关节炎等慢性疾病。

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