Safe Work for Youth in Construction: Information for Employers

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Youth who are under 18 years old can be an asset to your workforce. They are enthusiastic and eager to learn. However, like other new and inexperienced workers, these young workers can be injured on the job when they don't receive adequate safety training and supervision. Some injuries have a lifelong impact, and some are even fatal. Furthermore, on-the-job injuries to young workers can be costly. Young workers get hurt when: they take on jobs for which they're not trained sometimes without being asked; they don't have appropriate supervision; they work with dangerous tools or equipment; and they perform tasks that violate youth employment laws. Work on a construction site is especially hazardous. In fact, the construction industry, which employs less than 3% of all young workers, ranks 3rd in the number of work-related fatalities to youth - at 14% of all occupational deaths to youth under 18. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  2004113
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Child Labor Construction Industry Construction Materials Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction-equipment; Construction-industry; Construction-materials; Construction-workers; Accident-prevention; Injury-prevention; Work-practices; Traumatic-injuries; Mortality-data; Age-factors; Age-groups; Regulations; Safety-education; Child-labor
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-113, 2003 Dec; :1-8
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handout/Flyer
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024086
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dec6d4cee43ad6d7d892783a566fec143700acec14998f708b5894b742307e25814beb9794c04cfb7b949b8d62d41c1ad180a327efa5c39d1e8c671121556583
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6062/cdc_6062_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 309.40 KB ]