Highway transportation incidents are the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the U.S. with the highest fatality rates occurring among workers 65 and older. According to data analyzed by CDC, workers 65 and older had the highest overall fatality rate, exceeding three times that of workers age 18 to 54. Data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) collected from 2003 to 2010 show that occupational highway transportation incidents killed more than 11,500 U.S. workers, 3,113 (26.9%) of whom were 55 or older. Overall, fatality rates were highest among workers 65 or older [3.1 deaths per 100,000 full-time-equivalent (FTE) workers], followed by those age 55 to 64 (1.4 deaths per 100,000 FTE workers).
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