More people are working later in life today, for financial or personal reasons. Here are seven statistics relating to older workers and some of the age-related safety and health challenges they face.

1. Seven signs of aging that can begin to affect workers as young as 40 are reduced physical strength and range of joint movement; reduced breathing capacity; poorer posture and balance; sleeping disorders; reduced ability to regulate body temperature; vision problems; and hearing loss.
2. By 2021, nearly 25 percent of Canadian workers will be 55 or older. (Statistics Canada)
3. On average, people lose 15 to 20 percent of their […]

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