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Keeping Teens Safe at Work

Keeping Teens Safe at Work. Valerie Machinist, MS, RD Teens at Work Project Occupational Health Surveillance Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health . Funded in part by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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Keeping Teens Safe at Work

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  1. Keeping Teens Safe at Work Valerie Machinist, MS, RD Teens at Work Project Occupational Health Surveillance Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health Funded in part by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NOTE: Student pictures removed for posting to ESE website.

  2. Background Data • An estimated 160,000 teens in the US are injured at work every year • 66,000 teens are injured seriously enough to visit the emergency room every year • Over 50 teens are killed on the job every year • Teens have high overall rate of non-fatal injuries compared to adults: good data are not available on rates for youth vs. adults in specific jobs

  3. Emergency Departments Burn Registry, FACE, etc. Workers’ Compensation Massachusetts Department of Public Health Teen Interview TeenFollow-up EmployerFollow-up Data Analysis and Dissemination Broad Based Prevention Massachusetts Surveillance System for Work-Related Injuries to Youth <18

  4. Work-related Injuries to Young Workersby Age, Gender, and Data SourceMassachusetts: 2002-2006 Gender Age - Years

  5. Work-related Injuries to Young Workers by Injury Type and Data SourceMassachusetts: 2002-2006

  6. Occupational Injuries to Young Workers by Selected IndustryMassachusetts: 2002-2006

  7. Interviews with Teens Injured at WorkMassachusetts: July 1994-2003 798 Interviews * Anticipated permanent pain, limited sensation or loss of movement.

  8. Narrative Results • 10% reported that the equipment being used was malfunctioning or a safety device had been removed. • “The french fryer was low in oil partly because it hadn’t been working properly. We had notified the owner and manager but nothing had been done about it.” • 9% appeared to be performing a task or working hours prohibited under the child labor laws. • “I was using the deli slicer to cut up lettuce.” • “I was working at 2:30 a.m. at a retail bakery.” • 10% waited a day or more before seeking medical treatment. • “When I woke up in the a.m., my hand was swollen and red and purple, so I went to the ER where I was diagnosed with second degree burns.” • 4% of adolescents reported that their supervisors made them stay at work. • “Then I went to the supervisor who did not want to fill out an accident report and told me to work light duty. I worked 2 shifts that day while my finger kept bleeding.”

  9. Work-Related Fatalities • 14 year old male newscarrier was crossing a street on his bike when struck by a motor vehicle. • 9 year old female delivering newspapers by foot. • 12 year old female was exiting a customers driveway on her bike when she was hit by car. • 16 year old male, driving a golf cart on a golf course when he collided into a deck crushing his chest.* • 16 year old male, driving a forklift in a warehouse when the forklift overturned.* • 15 year old male was killed when he was struck by several heavy granite slabs, which were stored in an A-frame, that fell on him while he was clearing snow at a stone carving shop. • 16 year old male, plumbing supply store, the teen was operating a forklift without a load on uneven ground when it tipped over and crushed him (not wearing seat belt).* • 17 year old was working on a scalloping vessel that sank. • 17 year old was working at his father’s automobile repair shop when the rear of a pickup truck that was raised on a lift fell off of the lift striking the victim in the head. *Working in violation of child labor laws

  10. Risk Factors for Young Workers • Job hazards • Inexperience • Inadequate training and supervision • Employment in inappropriate/illegal jobs • Development characteristics (not just little adults) • Physical • Psychosocial • Balancing school and work

  11. Teens who work long hours may experience: • Lack of sleep • Difficulty staying awake in class and less time for homework • Negative effects on learning • Increased use of stimulants, e.g. caffeine, nicotine

  12. Teaching Health & Safety to Youth • Certain strategies work well with teens: • Hands-on teaching and training • Activities are active and engaging • Providing close supervision • Repeating messages • Being a resource and advocate • Modeling the safety practices you are teaching

  13. Youth @ Work: Talking Safety • National curriculum • Includes section on emergencies at work • Adapted for each state • Available on NIOSH website Adapted by the Young Worker Safety Resource Center with support from OSHA and NIOSH.

  14. OSHA Training for Teens • Massachusetts: All vocational education students get OSHA 10-hour course and certificate • Need for teen oriented OSHA 10-hour course (content and methodology) • OSHA 11

  15. OSHA 11

  16. Materials Teens at Work Injury Surveillance and Prevention Project www.mass.gov/dph/teensatwork Teens.atWork@state.ma.us (617) 624-5632 Youth @ Work: Talking Safety www.cdc.gov/niosh/talkingsafety

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