Injury Severity Among Working Teenagers as Related to Safety Training

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• Personal Author:
  McGeeney T ; Welsh E ; Zierold K
• Description:
  Teenagers have twice the risk of occupational injury as adult workers, and sustain an estimated 230,000 injuries per year. Safety training has been suggested as a means of injury prevention, but little research on safety training exists. This study aimed to describe the safety training that teenagers receive, and identify the associations between training methods and injury. Methods: Data was collected from teenagers attending public high schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky. This study involved both qualitative methods and quantitative methods of data collection. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with 42 teens in April-May 2010. A survey of over 3,000 students was completed in January-February 2011. Results: Forty-two teenagers were interviewed, of which 52% had been injured at their current job and 48% worried about getting hurt at work. Most teens reported receiving safety training before starting work. Many of those interviewed reported watching videos and taking quizzes for their safety training. Several found this type of training "boring", and a number voiced the need for hands-on training, and "actually going through the motions" before working alone. Recently collected data will help to determine associations between injury prevalence, the severity of injury, and safety training. Conclusions: Safety training may be a powerful way to reduce injury rates among working teenagers, but it is essential that effective, age-appropriate methods be used. This study is the first to define the amount, methods, and quality of safety training received by working teenagers and to assess its role in injury prevention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Youth At Work Injuries Injury Prevention Teenagers Training Effectiveness Worker Safety Young Workers
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059002
• Citation:
  APHA 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 29 - November 2, 2011, Washington, D.C. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2011 Nov; :249919
• Contact Point Address:
  Teresa McGeeney, BA, University of Louisville - School of Public Health and Information Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, 485 East Gray Street, Louisville, KY, USA 40202
• Email:
  tjmcge01@louisville.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Louisville
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090801
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 29 - November 2, 2011, Washington, D.C
• End Date:
  20120731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a415ad61de943d2356496eeb562ca460b0ea77f240b21af7024b7eebe80f17e74ea5424d236a17893d3d70be5838547565c41a3e77a0ace9544a9a2f5b367ee5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223341/cdc_223341_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 140.30 KB ]