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 Are You a Working
Teen? What You Should Know About Safety and Health on the Job
(U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Bureau
of Labor Statistics Occupational Injury and Illness Statistics
for 2001 This
federal agency publishes annual data broken down by age, including
data about workers aged 14 to 19 years old.
Child
Labor Coalition
Child
Labor: Labor Department Can Strengthen Its Efforts to Protect
Children Who Work A critique of USDOL’s record of enforcement
in jobs where teenagers face a high risk of injury and death,
such as construction, manufacturing, and agriculture. (U.S.
General Accounting Office, 2002)
Child
Labour & Adolescent Workers -- Global Occupational Health
Network Newsletter, Summer 2005 (World Health Organization)
Clocking in for Trouble:
Teens and Unsafe Work (National Consumer League, 2003
Curricular
Resources on Child Labor and Health Issues (Child Labor
Public Education Project)
Employment
Law Guide: Child Labor (Nonagricultural Work) (U.S. Department
of Labor)
Eres
Un Joven Que Trabaja? Cosas Que Debes Saber Sobre La Seguridad
Y La Salud En El Trabajo (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health)
Fatal
Occupational Injuries to Workers Age 19 Years and Younger, 1993-2002
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Fingers to the
Bone: United States Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers
(Human Rights Watch, 2000)
Health
and Safety Awareness for Working Teens (University of
Washington)
Help
for Teen Workers (Washington Department of Labor and
Industries)
Job-Related
Fatalities Involving Youths, 1992-95 (U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics)
Journal
of Adolescent Health
Laws
Governing the Employment of Minors in New York State (New
York State Labor Department)
National
Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Young Workers Safety
and Health page Information from the federal government
agency that is responsible for doing research on occupational
safety and health, including Information for Young Workers, How
Young Workers Are Getting Hurt, and Programs, Reports, and Research
concerning young workers
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommendations
to the U.S. Department of Labor for Changes to Hazardous Orders
Proposes 37 modifications be made to existing Hazardous Orders
(HOs), as well as proposing 17 new HOs. Included in the proposed
new HOs are construction and work at heights, exposure to lead
and silica, heavy machinery and tractors, and work requiring
the use of respiratory protection. The report identifies areas
requiring further research, such as work-related homicide, a
leading cause of young worker injury death. (2002)
New
York State Laws Governing the Employment of Minors (New
York State Department of Labor)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2004-06: Sixteen-Year-Old
Hispanic Youth Dies After Falling From A Job-Made Elevated Work
Platform During Construction - South Carolina (National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2002-02: Seventeen-Year-Old
Warehouse Laborer Dies After the Forklift He Was Operating Tipped
Over and Crushed Him (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2001-13: Fourteen-Year-Old
Rental Equipment Worker Dies from Asphyxiation After Becoming
Entangled in an Electric Chain Hoist (National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2001-10: Seventeen-Year-Old
Part-Time Road Construction Laborer Dies After Being Run Over
by a Water Truck (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2001-07: Fourteen-Year-Old
Laborer Dies After Falling Through a Skylight (National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2000-14: Sixteen-Year-Old
Mechanic’s Assistant Died After Being Run Over By the Rear
Wheels of a Tub Grinder (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health)
NIOSH
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation 2000-03: Youth Laborer
Dies in Trench Collapse - Michigan (National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health)
North
American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks
(National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health
and Safety)
Occupational
Health and Safety Issues for Young Casual Workers in the Fast-Food
Industry (National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
of Australia, 1999)
Parents'
Primer: When Your Teen Works is Your Teen Safe on the Job?
(Child Labor Coalition)
Preventing
Deaths and Injuries of Adolescent Workers (U.S. National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1995)
Promoting
Safe Work for Young Workers, (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 1999)
Protecting Young Workers: Prohibition
Against Young Workers Operating Forklifts (Occupational
Safety and Health Administration)
Protecting
Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children
and Adolescents in the United States (Committee on the
Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor, National Research
Council and Institute of Medicine, 1998)
Resources
on Young Worker Health and Safety (National Council for
Occupational Safety and Health)
Safe
Work for Youth in Construction - Information for Employers
(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2003)
Starting
Safely: Teaching Youth about Workplace Safety and Health
(Maine Department of Labor)
State
Laws Concerning the Employment of Young Workers
Stop
Child Labour! (International Confederation of Free Trade
Unions)
Teen
Workers (Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
2003)
Teens
Affected By Workplace Violence: A report by the MassCOSH
Teens Lead @ Work Peer Leaders and the Brazilian Immigrant Center
GUMBWEB Peer Leaders (February 2005)
Tips
for Young Workers (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health
and Safety)
U.S.
Department of Labor YouthRules! Portal to information
about the federal initiative designed to bring teens, parents,
educators and employers together to ensure young workers have
safe and rewarding work experiences
Working
Papers: Facts for Teenagers Under 18 (New York State Department
of Labor)
Young
Worker Safety and Health Network
Young Worker Safety and Health
(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2001)
Young
Workers (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and
Safety)
Young
Workers (Labor Occupational Health Program)
Young
Workers Awareness Program of Ontario, Canada
Young
Workers Zone (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health
& Safety)
Youngworkers.org
(California Resource Network for Young Workers' Health and
Safety)
Youth
and Labor Hazardous Jobs (U.S. Department of Labor)
Youth
and Labor Safety and Health (U.S. Department of Labor)
Youth
Employment Statistics (Child Labour Coalition)
Youth
Fatalities (U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health)
Youth
Rules! (U.S. Department of Labor)
YouthSafe
(Labor Council of New South Wales, Australia) |
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A Threat to Teen Workers: Disinfectants and Occupational
Illness — In 1996-1998, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, 24.8% of youth aged 15-17 worked during
the school year, with that figure swelling to 34.2% during the
summer. In the food and beverage industry, the most common workplace
for minors, disinfectants are used to keep preparation surfaces
and equipment clean and germ-free. Disinfectant exposure can
happen in other industries, as well, including recreation-related
jobs such as lifeguarding (where workers may be responsible
for chlorinating the pool) and cleaning, manufacturing, and
service jobs. (Environmental Health Perspectives, October 2003)
Investigation
into Death Finds Child-labor Violation —
Pull A Part Auto wrecking yard in Lynnwood violated child labor
laws by allowing a 16-year-old boy to work near a steel gantry
crane that fell and killed him, according to the Washington
state Department of Labor and Industries. (Daily Herald, February
25, 2004)
Protecting
Kids Who Work — A mother whose daughter's arms
were crushed in an accident at an ice bagging plant is trying
to change workplace safety laws and regulations for minors.
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 25, 2003)
Texans Join Forces to Address National Problem
Facing Young Workers: Houston, OSHA, TEEX, the American Society
of Safety Engineers Introduce New Program in High Schools
— High school students in Houston are getting real world
exposure to job safety, health and environmental conditions thanks
to a public-private partnership aimed at reducing injuries, illnesses
and fatalities among teen workers. The project links together
the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Houston Independent
School District (HISD) and the Texas Engineering Extension Service
(TEEX) forming an alliance to bring workplace safety to 26 Houston
high schools.  (American Society of Safety
Engineers press release, April 29, 2003)
New rules for young workers — Young
people will be prevented from working excessive hours, under
new European laws being introduced on 6 April. The Young Workers'
Directive means most workers aged 16 and 17 will not be allowed
to work more than eight hours a day or 40 hours a week. (BBC, April 4, 2003)
Government Asked to Act on Teenagers' Job Safety —
With nearly four million teenagers at work across the nation
this summer, many health safety experts say it is time for the
government to revise its 60-year-old list of jobs barred to
young people because they are too dangerous. (New York Times, August 5, 2002)
Safety
Overlooked for Teen Workers — Brad Hurtig's
first day on the job was his last. A few hours into the night
shift at an Ohio metal stamping company last month, the 17-year-old
football star got his hands caught in a power press and both
had to be amputated. He was one of more than 500 teenagers who
are injured at work every day on average. Adam Carey had worked
at a country club north of Boston for barely a month when the
golf cart he was driving slammed into a wooden deck, crushing
his chest. At 16, too young to be driving even a golf cart under
Massachusetts law, Carey was one of 73 teens killed on the job
in 2000 — about one every five days. (Associated Press,
July 8, 2002)
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