Tracking work-related injuries among young workers: an overview of surveillance in the United States.

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• Personal Author:
  Davis, Letitia ; Pazos Vautin B
• Description:
  In this white paper, we provide an overview of surveillance of work-related injuries among youths less than 18 years of age (also referred to as teens or young workers) in the United States. We begin with brief discussions of public health surveillance, in general, and occupational health surveillance, in particular. We then review the major surveillance systems used to track fatal and nonfatal injuries among working teens. Discussions of surveillance systems typically focus on "numerator data" used for case ascertainment. However, surveillance also requires information on the population at risk - in this case teen employment data - to generate injury rates. Employment data sources ("denominator data") used in conducting surveillance of work-related injuries to teens are also briefly discussed. This paper is meant to serve as a stimulus for discussion of gaps in surveillance of work-related injuries to teens and strategies for improvement. Surveillance of injuries to youths employed in agriculture poses unique challenges, in part, because of the blurred distinction between work and home life on family farms. Since 1996, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has undertaken a number of initiatives to improve surveillance of all injuries to children in agriculture. These initiatives, listed in Appendix Davis-I, are beyond the scope of this report.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Skin Diseases Solvents
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Fatalities Injuries Surveillance Surveillance Programs Teenagers Traumatic Injuries Young Workers
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  105-125
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058892
• Citation:
  Health and safety of young workers: proceedings of a U.S. and Canadian series of symposia. Runyan CW, Lewko J, Rauscher K, Castillo D, Brandspigel S, eds. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-144, 2013 May; :105-125
• Editor(s):
  Runyan CW ; Lewko J ; Rauscher K ; Castillo D ; Brandspigel S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060831
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-144
• End Date:
  20110228
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8543cad92ea12d4b5b151474d3667ee9014e7718ca457647e91b8b0102f306f66d4ccf9e9b356f9cdba158e31b94090cd383bb3fec4c6882971d4bed034c6b93
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181860/cdc_181860_DS1.pdf
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