These 7.5 million workers also have the highest fatal injury rate.
Construction workers and others handling heavy duty machinery in hazardous conditions are more likely to misuse prescription opioid medication and use cocaine than other workers, according to a study released Thursday.
“It makes sense that we see higher rates of construction workers using pain-relieving substances such as opioids and marijuana, given the labor-intensive nature of their work and high rates of injuries,” said professor Danielle Ompad, who teaches at the New York University College of Global Public Health.
There were approximately 7.5 million construction workers, according to preliminary September data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and another 161,300 people working in oil and gas extraction, the agency said. That’s about 5% of the entire non-farm 151.7 million-person workforce.
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