Senior Moments: Are Older Workers at Greater Risk of Injury?
Darrell Wing, 62, has an easy laugh for someone who doesn't have such an easy job. During a recent break from his duties as a master carpenter on a college-dorm project in New Hampshire for contractor North Branch Construction Inc.,Wing chuckled as he discussed his intention to remain active in construction.
He has suffered hearing loss from jobsite noises over the years and admits it takes a little longer to get in and out of kneeling positions for work. "Getting down ain't bad, but getting up is a little harder," he joked. But he soldiers on with many others like him on jobsites.