Teen Workers’ Exposures to Occupational Hazards and Use of Personal Protective Equipment

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• Personal Author:
  Rauscher KJ ; Runyan, Carol W. ; Schulman M ; Vladutiu CJ
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: prior research indicates that working adolescents seek care for the toxic effects of on-the-job chemical and environmental hazard exposures. METHODS: this cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of 866 adolescent workers in the retail and service sector examines their exposures, personal protective equipment (PPE) use, and training. RESULTS: two-thirds of respondents were exposed to continuous, very loud noise, 55% to thermal hazards and 54% to chemical hazards. Few teens reported using any PPE, though those who had been trained reported somewhat higher usage. CONCLUSIONS: teens working in the retail and service sectors experience a variety of chemical, thermal, biologic and noise exposures. Efforts to eradicate such exposures need to be complemented by increased provision of PPE and appropriate training in their use by employers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Hot Temperature Hypersensitivity Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development Temperature

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Author Keywords: Adolescent Biological-effects Burn Hazard Chemical-hypersensitivity Chemical Hazard Heat Heat-exposure Injury-prevention Noise Noise-exposure Noise-pollution Noise-sources Occupational Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective Equipment Retail-workers Safety-education Statistical-analysis Thermal-effects Training Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034593
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2008 Oct; 51(10):735-740
• Contact Point Address:
  Carol W. Runyan, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, 137 East Franklin Street, CB#7505, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505
• Email:
  carol_runyan@unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20030831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b4c1137d0d35fc823896b9e2858e68f53c39bb6cb7271d31ebcf8db07d622f0897a095d67649ab641a9dc6fd36b65d9debfc0e4ccfb499cc02f6cea847db23fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186745/cdc_186745_DS1.pdf
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