Imagine working a twelve-hour shift in an underground
coal mine – drilling, lifting, and hauling cables. Now imagine
doing this kind of hard, physical labour at the age of
fifty-five or sixty.
Fifty percent of coal miners in Queensland and New
South Wales are aged forty and over and may carry out
work that is too physically tough for their age resulting in
injury or related health problems.
IHBI researchers are looking into the issue of
Australia’s ageing workforce and the implications it has
for the wellbeing of individuals and for our economy
and society.
Finding strategies to manage an ageing workforce will
become a challenge for Australia as it faces an increasing
skills shortage.
People will need to work later into their life and
older workers are already being brought back into the
workforce.
IHBI is working to influence policies concerned with
whole of working lifeperspectives – and any strategies
implemented to benefit older workers will benefit all
workers.
This research is part of the Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Domain
ageing, work injury, drink driving, sport injury, crashes...
As humans, we underestimate our vulnerability to injury. Road accidents, sporting clashes or
workplace accidents can leave us – or the people we love – with debilitating injuries.
These injuries often require intensive rehabilitation for both the mind and body. Yet in many
cases, the injuries could have been prevented.
At IHBI, researchers have a unique approach to protecting people from injury and developing
more effective rehabilitation programs.
Through education, informing policy, personal health management, and changing industry
and community structures, IHBI researchers are leaving no stone unturned
So whether you are at work, at play, or on the way... your life can be safer and your
recovery faster. |
