I for found the gender difference quite surprising. I would not have imagined at the bottom levels of an agrarian society that there was much difference in the risks men and women faced.
Not to undermine the value of women's work across that span, of course - but I'm genuinely surprised at your surprise.
ILO 1930 PDF: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangk...
I'm not sure what you're referring to. Could you provide the relevant quote?
> Across all sites the team found fractures were more common in male remains (40%) than female (26%)
I would assume that workplace fatality has been dropping (in line with ~all other forms of non-age-related fatality), but a look back through my mind-palace of anecdotal evidence suggests that a) more of the young men I knew than young women have broken bones and b) not far off 30% of the people I know, in (roughly speaking) the most economically privileged class in world history have broken bones at some point. What I'm curious about is the data to back up the anecdote.