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Rethinking Health & Safety
Coronavirus may require society to reconsider what a dangerous job looks like. Traditional measures like jobsite fatalities don’t properly account for the risks of working in close physical contact with co-workers and customers in a #postCovid19 world. We might need new ways that measure exposure to social proximity on the job.
Traditional vs. new measures of occupational risks
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The chart shows the top industries by average fatality intensity and the top by average proximity score. The physical proximity index (O*net) is an estimate of how much workers are required to perform tasks in physical proximity to other people. Scale is based on 0 (isolated by 100+ ft) to 100 (near touching). A score of 50 equates to shared office space; 75 equates to working at arm’s length. Source: MSCI ESG Research LLC, O*Net Database (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)