A Detailed Analysis of Work-Related Injury Among Youth Treated in Emergency Departments [1994]

Details

• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Knight EB ; Layne LA
• Description:
  To obtain detailed information on the circumstances and impact of occupational injuries to workers 14 through 16 years of age, telephone interviews were conducted with 146 youth, identified through a nationally representative emergency department surveillance system who incurred an occupational injury during the period July through September 1992. Because of the limited number of workers surveyed, national level estimates often could not be obtained and the interviews were treated as a case series. Thirty-six percent of the injured youth worked in food service and preparation occupations. Job tasks associated with injury were diverse, the most common were moving materials {17%), preparing food {13%), performing janitorial work {12%), and stocking shelves (10%). Thirty-two percent of the injuries occurred as a result of using equipment. Over half the workers reported not having received prior training on how to avoid injury. The injury limited normal activities for at least one day for 68% of the youth, and for more than a week for 25%. Employment in retail trade equipment use, lack of training, and burn injuries were associated with increased limitation of normal activities. About 20% of the youth appear to have been injured in jobs declared to be hazardous , or typically prohibited for their age (14- and 15-year-olds) , under federal child labor laws. The potential for injury reduction through job safety training deserves investigation. Injury reduction interventions are important for the retail trade industry because of the association with increased limitation of normal activities and the large numbers of employed youth. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aging Emergency Responders Epidemiology Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Age Groups Emergency Treatment Food Services Occupational Accidents Retail Workers Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053440
• Citation:
  Public Health and Diversity: Opportunities for Equity, APHA 122nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 30 - November 3, 1994, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 1994 Oct; :280
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45350127b0179e05dbf4593c0642aa550e8f726be883fd91d3d72c4cd9987d11f0acc17032fa9580d6d1775c6428ddf347cbb7c69c1ee590ef95364b92940df4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216192/cdc_216192_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.43 MB ]