Work-related injuries to Massachusetts teens, 1987-1990

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• Personal Author:
  Brooks DR ; Davis LK
• Description:
  Work related injuries among workers 14 to 17 years of age in Massachusetts were characterized. Data on work related injuries to teenage workers between 1987 and 1990 were obtained from workers' compensation records. Ninety percent of the 2,551 work related injuries reported during this time in this age group occurred in those 16 to 17 years of age. The injury rate for males was about twice that for females. The majority of injuries were sprains, strains, and lacerations. Almost half of the sprain/strain injuries were to the back and approximately 80% of all lacerations were associated with the hand and/or finger. The retail trade sector accounted for slightly over half of all injuries followed by services, and manufacturing. Over half of all injuries occurred in grocery stores, restaurants/food service, health services, and department stores. The highest injury rates were seen in the manufacturing and wholesale trades and in the southeast region of the state. The authors conclude that these data support the idea that work related injuries among teenage workers constitute a serious public health problem. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Food Handling Food Industry Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Back-injuries Department-stores Food-services Grocery-stores Hand-injuries NIOSH-Cooperative-Agreement NIOSH-Publication Retail-workers Sex-factors Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  153-160
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00231470
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1996 Feb; 29(2):153-160
• Contact Point Address:
  Daniel R. Brooks, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 150 Tremont Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19880415
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2300c31de530a0dd4023d38419e49c1d63857daf71b72da3fe99a7a4f67f85eaad5223b5dbd1b66d1d52ff56bf6d29eed346caa65e3524d5267d88c1e0bfd596
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205926/cdc_205926_DS1.pdf
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