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Posted By Jacquie Wills
Can anyone recommend any good research documents / publications on the effects of ageing on manual workers? Or have you personally looked into the subject? I am particularly interested in motor mechanics working on lorries and trucks.
Thanks
Jacquie
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Posted By Michael Mowse
This subject has been researched many times, briefly the findings were that the longer a manual worker worked, age caught up with them like the rest of the population.
Mike
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Posted By Gilles27
Hi jacquie,
Unfortunately I am not going to be able to be as helpful or knowledgable as the previous respondent, but here are my experiences. I do not know of any research etc. but it may well be out there. What I have found in our engineering workshop is that the older staff, due to their experience, are more aware not only of risks but of their physical limitations. Our accident analysis show accidents happening to older people less and less. Very few manual handling injuries over 46 yrs. 36-46 is the tricky years for accidents according to my stats. Interesting stuff.
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Posted By Gilles27
sorry - forgot to mention our engineering workshop is HGV and truck maintenance for the fleet. They are also far more aware of working at heights - as I am, as I have got older I don't like them much!
j
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Posted By Kieran J Duignan
Jacquie
The reports of two international conferences provide substantial information relevant to your enquiry:
1. 'Assessment and Promotion of Work Ability, Health and Well-being of Ageing Workers', G Costa, W J A Goedhard, J Ilmarinen, eds. Elsevier, 2005
2. 'Aging and Work', M Kumashiro, ed., Taylor and Francis, 2003
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Posted By G-man
Past actually injuring themselves ageing workers have the attitued and opinion that
'we have always done it this way, why should i change my method in the name of safety'
'I know better than you iam not listening to 25 year old safety manager'
Attitude is the main problem with older workers rather than physical ability
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Posted By Is Kismet
A sweeping statement! What age group in particular are you talking about?
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Posted By Jim Walker
My experiences are the opposite of G-man.
The older blokes know they are not immortal (problem I have with the young uns).
Of course I'm not a 25 year old safety bloke, which might have something to do with it.
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Posted By John Murgatroyd
Lets see:
Young worker off work with very bad back, operation next week. Lifting excessive weights, macho attitude.
Older worker, no bad back. Major attitude problem: "we've got cranes and forklifts to lift things like that"
In fact, most of the idiots lifting heavy things are young. They're also the ones who don't think of others.
Oh, and apparently the company was being negligent in allowing the [young] worker to lift things too heavy for him. Another claim no doubt.
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