Adolescent Work Patterns and Work-Related Injury Incidence in Rural Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Merchant D ; Munshi K ; Parker, David L.
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Although there have been many studies on working youth in the United States, we have noted none which have provided a broad picture of adolescent work practices in a rural community. METHODS: Six high schools in rural Minnesota were evaluated for adolescent work practices. Schools ranged in size from 173 to 525 students in grades 9 through 12. A 20 page self-administered survey examining work practices was administered to students. RESULTS: A total of 2,250 students completed the survey, representing 92% of the student body. Twenty-eight percent of students lived on a farm. Approximately 45% of the male students and slightly more than 21% of the females were involved in farm work. Only 2.6% of students were injured during this 8-month time period in farm-related activities, and 5.1% were injured doing non-farm work. Many students reported working long hours. CONCLUSIONS: Work represents a serious problem for rural youth. These data are significant in the context of national policy discussion concerning the failure of the Fair Labor Standards Act to regulate the agricultural environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Agriculture Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Family Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Child Labor Children Environmental-exposure Environmental-hazards Epidemiology Exposure-assessment Exposure-methods Families Farm Youth Health-protection Injury Injury-prevention Medical-monitoring Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs Policy Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Standards Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-practices Worker-health Work Hours

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  134-141
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037636
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2002 Aug; 42(2):134-141
• Contact Point Address:
  David L. Parker, Park Nicollet Health Services, Department of Occupational Medicine, 2001 Blaisdell Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
• Email:
  Parke065@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c221e0466469a2291bab2cfd18a68e447d0b308b1662b6af6a2695fa90d6d60346987f52f23d480830511241b8ce57b24062021b582bf77a3da1f5fb6f3ddaca
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188691/cdc_188691_DS1.pdf
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