Teenager Protection In The Work environment

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When young adults go off to work-sometimes for the first time in their lives-parents want to know they will be secure in the place of work. Who will look out for their safety? Industrial hygienists are experts who specialize in ensuring secure and healthy work environments for employees of all ages.

Are teenagers safe in the workplace? Do they know what to watch out for in terms of safety? Consider these statistics from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):

&Bull; Typically, 45 pct of American teenagers are employed each year-more than any other developed country.

&Bull; More than three million U.S. Teens get into the workforce every summer and hundreds and hundreds of these teens are admitted to emergency rooms due to work-related injuries. (Read more:good summer jobs)

&Bull; Almost 200,000 adolescents suffer accidental injuries on the job and around 70 die from these injuries each year.

&Bull; Teens have the highest rate of nonfatal work-related injuries, despite the fact that they encounter the same potential on-the-job hazards as adults.

&Bull; The reasons for teen work-related accidents include lack of working experience, holes in current laws and enforcement, inexperienced managers, working in industries that don’t generally hire professionals trained in industrial hygiene and/or safety, physical restrictions due to lack of size and strength, and simple lack of maturity (“goofing off” on the job). &Bull; The majority of deaths and injuries of teen workers on the job occur in shops and restaurants. (Read more:summer)

&Bull; Common potential hazards contain automobile and machinery operation (for teens old enough for such tasks), operating in high-homicide industries such as retail, working with or near electrical or very hot equipment, working jobs with fall problems, and working jobs requiring manual lifting.

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