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If you’re a construction worker, you’re likely to experience one or more work-related injuries or illnesses during your lifetime, plus your risk of premature death is greater, according to a new study.

Using data from several national resources, including the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, researchers from The Center for Construction Research and Training estimate that over a 45-year career the likelihood of experiencing a disabling injury is about 75 percent for a construction worker.

Additionally, over the course of a career, the same worker has a one in 200 chance of being fatally injured on the job. And if you’re a Hispanic construction worker, you have a 20 percent higher likelihood of dying from a work-related injury.

The study also shows that a person who begins working in construction at 20 has about a 15 percent chance of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease over the course of their life and an 11 percent chance of developing dust-related parenchymal chest X-ray changes, or lung tissue scarring.

While researchers continue to make great strides in reducing construction-related injuries and illnesses, Pete Stafford, the executive director of the Center for Construction Research and Training, said the numbers are still too high.

“Workers and their families suffer the consequences of disabling injuries, and this research shows it’s far too common,” Stafford said in a news release. “So we must continue to raise awareness of the problems – and hope to see our research findings put to use to reduce construction fatalities, injuries and illnesses.”

Researchers note that their method of presenting risk over the course of a lifetime presents a more realistic estimate, rather than using just cross-sectional data, which is the traditional method that tends to underestimate risk.

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