National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommendations to the U.S. Department of Labor for Changes to Hazardous Orders

摘要

Contents: Commonly Used Acronyms and Abbreviations; Data Sources, Coding Systems, and Outcome Measures Used Throughout Report; Introduction; Youth Employment, Injuries, and Illnesses (Employment, Unique Characteristics of Youth Workers, Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Fatal Injuries); Development of Recommendations (Context for Recommendations, Hazardous Orders Recommendations, Recommendations for Apprentice/Student Learner Exemptions); Recommendations Pertaining to Current Hazardous Orders (Non-Agricultural Occupations, Recommendations for New Hazardous Orders; Commercial Fishing Occupations; Construction Occupations; Work in Refuse Occupations; Water Transportation Industries; Work in Scrap and Waste Materials Industry; Farm Product Raw Materials Wholesale Trade Industry; Railroad Industry; Work at Heights; Tractors; Heavy Machinery; Welding; Confined Spaces; Work Involving Powered Conveyors; Pesticide Handling; Exposure to Lead; Exposure to Silica; Work Requiring the Use of Respiratory Protection); Areas Requiring Further Research; Barriers to Preventing Youth Deaths, Serious Injuries and Illnesses Through Regulation. Appendix. Listing of all SIC industry groups with fatality rates (for all workers) higher than 10 per 100,000 workers (twice the average rate for all workers) by descending rate and description of HO coverage. References.