| Every year about 70 teens die from work injuries in the United States. About 77,000 get hurt badly enough that they go to a hospital emergency room. Only one-third of work-related injuries are seen in emergency departments, therefore it is likely that nearly 230,000 teens suffer work-related injuries each year.
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NIOSHTIC 2 search results on Young Worker Safety and Health
 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by the NIOSH.
Information for Young Workers
Are You A Working Teen? What You Should Know About Safety and Health On the Job - FACTS
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-132 (1997)
En Espanol
A NIOSH publication answering questions about teen worker rights, hazard recognition, as well as regulations on the hours teens are permitted to work by law.
Asthma Among Household Youth on Minority Farm Operations
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-118 (2003)
In 2000, approximately 28,600 youth lived on minority farm operations. 10-15 year olds had the highest prevalence rate of asthma. Youth less than 10 years of age had the highest prevalence rate for having an asthma attack while doing farm work.
Federal Network for Young Worker Safety and Health (FedNet)
The Federal Network for Young Worker Safety and Health (FedNet) currently includes over 30 participants representing 9 federal agencies. The ultimate goal of FedNet is to prevent occupational injuries and illness among workers from age 14 through 24.
Health and Safety for Kids on the Farm
A Fact Sheet describing the role and planned initiatives by NIOSH to protect children living, working, or who are regularly present on farms in the United States.
Injuries to Youth on Minority Farm Operations
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-117 (2003)
Between 1995 and 2000, the injury fatality rate for youth on minority farm operations was 34 fatalities per 100,000 youth In 2000, the non-fatal injury rate for all youth who reside on, work on, or visit minority farm operations was 130 injuries per 100,000 youth on the farm.
Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Adolescent Workers: NIOSH ALERT
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 95-125 (1995)
En Espanol
Details types of work associated with large numbers of young worker deaths, as well as regulations and recommendations, and a list of jobs prohibited by Federal child labor laws.
Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths From Traffic-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes--Alert
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 98-142 (1998)
En Espanol
Presents steps to prevent worker injuries and deaths, statistics, and regulations.
Preventing Work-Related Burn Injury to Youth Working in Fast Food Restaurants--Fact Sheet
Injury risk factors for youth working in fast food restaurants.
Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States (1998)
External Link: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6019.html
A book available for free online reading.This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. The committee presents a wide range of data and analysis on the scope of youth employment, factors that put children and adolescents at risk in the workplace, and the positive and negative effects of employment, including data on educational attainment and lifestyle choices.
Safety, Health Precautions for Young Workers Highlighted in NIOSH Poster to Schools (1998)
A NIOSH update announcing a poster and other information emphasizing safety and health at work for students under 18 years of age.
Stories About Injuries to Young Workers
Control of Scrap Paper Baler Crushing Hazards: Hazard Control 14
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-113
(1998)
A Hazard Control detailing an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding 16 and 17 year old workers and the operation and maintenance of paper balers. Also present is the ANSI Standard for "Baling Equipment - Safety Requirments."
Job Death Rates for 16-, 17-Year-Olds Comparable to or Higher Than Adult Rates for Leading Causes, NIOSH Finds -- UPDATE (1997)
A NIOSH update describing a 1997 study examining the three leading categories of work-related fatalities among 16 and 17 years olds.
NIOSH Report Highlights Motor Vehicle Crash risk for Workers, Recommends Practical Protective Measures--Update (1998)
A NIOSH update containing recommendations for employers regarding vehicle safety.
Youth Fatalities
A page containing tables contain links to fatality investigation reports of incidents where young workers under the age of eighteen were killed.
Programs, Reports, and Research
Child Labor Research Needs - Recommendations from the NIOSH Child Labor Working Team: SPECIAL HAZARD REVIEW
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-143 (1997)
Information about youth employment, occupational injury and illness in young workers, Federal and State regulation of child labor, and national objectives for the occupational safety and health of youths.
NIOSH Recommendations to the U.S. Department of Labor for Changes to Hazardous Orders
May 2002
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only (467KB; 198 pgs)
The U.S. Department of Labor, NIOSH and others have identified the need to assess the adequacy of existing HOs to protect working youth. NIOSH developed a report based on a review of data and the scientific literature.
NIOSH Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative—Progress and Proposed Future Activities (July 1999)
The purpose of the NIOSH Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative is to develop a better understanding of injury circumstances and identify effective prevention strategies for all children exposed to agriculture production hazards.
Preventing Deaths, Injuries and Illnesses of Young Workers: NIOSH Alert
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-128
(July 2003)
This Alert summarizes available information about work-related injuries among young workers, identifies work that is especially hazardous, and offers recommendations for prevention.
Promoting Safe Work for Young Workers
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-114
(1999)
This guide is for anyone interested in young workers safety and health issues. It is based on the experiences of three NIOSH-funded community-based young worker projects.
Related Web Sites
OSHA's Teen Workers
External Link: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/index.html
An information resource for teens, educators, parents, and employers on young worker issues.
YouthRules!
External Link: http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/
This companion site to OSHA's Teen Workers site (linked above) provides information about the regulations that affect young workers in the U.S.
The Child Labor Coalition
External Link: http://www.stopchildlabor.org/
Information for teen workers as well as advocacy information about U.S. and international child/youth labor.
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
External Link: http://www.fs4jk.org/
Farm safety information.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Health and Safety
External Link: http://www.ed.gov/free/s-health.html
List of Health and Safety links provided by the Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence website.
Interstate Labor Standards Association (ILSA)
External Link: http://www.ilsa.net/
Includes information on state agencies that administer and enforce child labor laws.
Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California-Berkeley
External Link: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~lohp/
Contains a variety of fact sheets and other information for teen workers.
UCLA-Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH)
External Link: http://www.losh.ucla.edu/
Healthy Communities, Healthy Jobs curriculum can be downloaded free-of-charge.
Young Worker Health and Safety
External Link: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~safejobs/
The website is a project of California's statewide Resource Network for Young Worker Health and Safety. Visit the Young Worker website for information on workplace rights and responsibilities, work hours and job restrictions, hazards on the job, ways to prevent injuries on the job, and more. You will also find educational resources, fact sheets, and ideas for how to work with others in your community to keep young workers healthy and safe on the job.
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