Youth Doing Dangerous Tasks: Supervision Matters

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• Personal Author:
  Zierold KM
• Description:
  Background: Supervisors are partially responsible for ensuring that teens are safe at work. The purpose of this study was to explore whether supervision is related to teens' willingness to do a dangerous task at work. Methods: A mixed-methods study consisting of focus groups and a cross-sectional survey was conducted with teens from two public high schools. Results: If asked by a supervisor, 21% of working teens would do a dangerous task. After controlling for gender and age, teens whose supervisor did not establish weekly goals (AOR = 3.54, 95%CI = 1.55-8.08), teens who perceived their supervisors as not approachable (AOR = 2.35, 95%CI = 1.34-4.13), and teens who were not comfortable talking about safety issues (AOR = 1.97, 95%CI = 1.08-3.61) were more likely to do a dangerous task if asked by their supervisors. Conclusion: This study indicates that how teens perceive their supervisor may be associated with whether teens do a dangerous task when asked by their supervisor. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Behavior Child Labor Education Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Child Labor Child Labor Cross Sectional Studies Dangerous Work Safety At Work Supervision Supervisory Personnel Teenagers Worker Safety Young Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050035
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2017 Sep; 60(9):789-797
• Contact Point Address:
  Kristina M. Zierold, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Louisville, 485 E. Gray Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
• Email:
  kmzier02@louisville.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Louisville
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090801
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20120731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a28ca8eeb09689c394694a9dd4421dca7bcf74730191c0769c487e1ec213933143a3f2df874ac7ad1233ba277b59ffe167651a9704c9f45f1350c836b6cd06ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210577/cdc_210577_DS1.pdf
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