Summer Work and Injury Among Middle School Students, Aged 10–14 Years

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson H ; Garman S ; Zierold KM
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Little information exists on injury and factors associated with injury in working youth aged 10-14 years. Most studies do not involve children younger than 15. METHODS: A cross-sectional anonymous survey was administered to middle school students in five school districts and one large urban school in October 2001. RESULTS: Of the 3189 working middle school students who responded to the survey, the majority were employed in informal job settings, such as working for someone in a home, newspaper delivery, and working on family farms or in family businesses. Overall, 18% of children reported being injured at work. Of those injured, 26% reported that their injury was severe enough to affect their activities for more than three days. Variables that were associated with injury included having a "near-miss" incident at work (AOR 6.61, 95% CI 4.92 to 8.89), having a co-worker injured (AOR 2.65, 95% CI 1.95 to 3.60), and being asked to do something dangerous (AOR 2.25, 95% CI 1.61 to 3.14). CONCLUSIONS: Children are working and being injured in jobs that are not covered by existing child labour laws. Injury rates in non-covered occupations are high, warranting review of current laws. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Demography Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Children Demographic-characteristics Injuries Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; South Carolina ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029456
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2004 Jun; 61(6):518-522
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. K Zierold, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Room 311, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
• Email:
  Zierold@gwm.sc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Wisconsin State Department of Health and Family Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20040429
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:06b4ddcf12561da6bc371d2d5230bfb8c478c5e410bc20349cf7b284ac78927a3c85a088de4c23a5845a1d97d8fb80389e47c264b8a28d0ea017d8a99a393d6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190433/cdc_190433_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 58.99 KB ]