NIOSH Alert: Request for Assistance in Preventing Deaths and Injuries ofAdolescent Workers

摘要

This Alert summarized available information regarding work related injuriesoccurring among adolescents, identified work that is particularly hazardous, and offered recommendations to lower the number of such injuries. In 1992 and 1993 there were 136 identified work related deaths of adolescents under the age of 18 in the United States. The most deaths occurred in agricultural businesses and retail trade. Many of the deaths to persons under the age 16 occurred in family owned businesses. Statistics indicated that the risk of fatal injury occurring to adolescent workers was similar to that among adults, even though the adolescents were employed less frequently in particularly hazardous jobs. Estimates were that 200,000 adolescents suffered work related injuries in 1992. OSHA regulations, Federal Child Labor Laws and State Child Labor Laws were briefly reviewed. Recommendations were offered both for employers, for parents of adolescent workers, for adolescents themselves, and for educators.