Adolescent Occupational Injuries in Fast Food Restaurants: An Examination of the Problem from a National Perspective

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• Personal Author:
  Hendricks, Kitty J. ; Layne LA
• Description:
  Work injuries to adolescents are most prevalent in the retail trades industry, with a large portion occurring in eating and drinking establishments (E&DEs). Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were examined for nonfatal injuries to adolescents, ages 14 through 17, injured while working in fast food restaurants (a subcategory of E&DEs) from July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1994. There were an estimated 44,765 adolescent injuries in E&DEs, with an estimated 27,997 in fast food restaurants, during this period. The injury rate for E&DEs in the 15 through 17 age group was higher than for all other industries combined (rate ratio [RR] = 1.7), with little disparity in rates between the sexes. This study identifies the fast food industry as the source of a large proportion of occupational injuries to adolescents, and indicates that task-specific risk factors seem to be strongly related to sex. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Epidemiology Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Food-services Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-hazards Retail-workers Sex-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Publisher:
  Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022023
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 1999 Dec; 41(12):1146-1153
• Contact Point Address:
  Kitty J. Hendricks, MA, NIOSH/DSR/SFIB, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b57885e5dcd7c5d4ebecc1a3bb81a1de84e105a0b7bf712f03e9259efb1e5dfad4fc4fe359045bedc1da075a81cc4afc85035b7b7379f18b3837ee9b958b67f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199023/cdc_199023_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.49 MB ]