Providing a Safe Workplace for Teens

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• Personal Author:
  Palassis, John
• Description:
  Work gives teenagers a sense of responsibility, a source of income, and career training. It can also help them become more independent and mature, and desire increased challenges. There are industrial hygienists, like myself, who are specifically involved with young worker safety and health. With the summer job season just around the corner, I want to make sure that business owners, parents, and teens have the necessary tools to ensure the safety of our young workforce. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2000), 2.9 million students from ages 15 to 17 work during the school year, and 4 million students of the same ages work during the summer. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 70% to 80% of teens who have worked for pay outside of the home during their high school years have faced hazards in the workplace. NIOSH estimates that each year in the United States, 230,000 young workers suffer work-related injuries. Of these, 77,000 require treatment in hospital emergency rooms. And sadly, an average of 67 young workers under age 18 die each year (1992-2000) of work-related injuries -- that's about one death every five days. It is estimated that an additional 100 young workers die every year from hazards associated with working on farms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Aging Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Age-factors Age-groups Children Injuries Injury-prevention Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  0043-1443
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  54
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031966
• Citation:
  Water Well J 2007 May; 61(5):54
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Water Well Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186072/cdc_186072_DS1.pdf
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