Occupational injury deaths of 16- and 17-year-olds in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Landen, Deborah D. ; Layne LA
• Description:
  Data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system on occupational injury deaths in 16 and 17 year olds for 1980 through 1989 were compared with data for adults 18 years of age and older. There were 673 deaths of 16 and 17 year olds reported from 1980 to 1989 as occupational injury deaths. Of these, three were military deaths. For 16 and 17 year olds, the average annual rate of occupational injury death was 5.11 per 100,000 full time equivalent workers, while the rate for adults was 6.09 per 100,000. Forty four percent of deaths occurred during June through August. Males accounted for 617 of the deaths. Youths were at greater risk than adults for death by electrocution, suffocation, drowning and poisoning. Of 17 youths who died from natural and environmental causes, 14 were struck by lightning. Motor vehicles were involved in nearly 25% of the occupational injury deaths. Of machine related deaths, 68 involved agricultural machinery. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Automobiles Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Age-factors Agricultural-workers; Mortality-data Motor-vehicles NIOSH-Author Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• 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:
  84
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00219810
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 1994 Apr; 84(4):646-649
• Contact Point Address:
  Dawn N. Castillo, MPH, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 944 Chestnut Ridge Rd, MS 180, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:096f80ff71c79fa2e9181348089f319b61b45bb90e61e15835877bfb253b5d41c398d3f3124549ceb6aa9e53280f000011f1d5a7e1edf4103e873339f03c3b73
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205261/cdc_205261_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.40 MB ]