Working Together for Safety: A State Team Approach to Preventing Occupational Injuries in Young People

Author:   Centers for Disease Cont And Prevention ,  National Institute Fo Safety and Health ,  D Human Services
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Pages:   50
Publication Date:   16 February 2014
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Most young people work at some time during high school. Although working can be a positive experience, it also has risks. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor reports that 50 percent of youths between ages 15 and 17 work at some time during the course of a year and that 80 percent of students work at least some time during high school. Every year, at least 100,000 of these young people seek treatment in an emergency room for a work-related injury. Every year, at least 70 young people are killed on the job. Young people are injured in the workplace at twice the rate of adult workers. Yet no single agency has the ultimate responsibility for protecting young people from workplace hazards. What is needed is an approach that brings coherence and coordination to this mission. A State team for young worker safety is a coalition of agencies and organizations whose goal is to protect the safety and health of young people in the workplace. The American Heritage Dictionary defines a team as a group organized to work together. This definition goes to the heart of the State team approach. A State team is not a committee, taskforce, or blue ribbon panel. State teams do not exist to make recommendations, issue reports, share information, or discuss issues-although they can do all of these. State teams exist to work on concrete projects that protect young people from injuries in the workplace. Over the past 5 years, several of the States in the Northeastern part of the United States have successfully used the State team approach to improve their capacity to protect young workers. Working Together for Safety: A State Team Approach to Preventing Occupational Injuries to Young People was developed by EDC with funding from NIOSH. It begins with two case studies that demonstrate the value of the State team approach. The remainder of the document describes the experiences and activities of the State teams in the Northeast; the products developed by the teams for teens, parents, employers, school staff, health care providers, and others who can help protect young people from injury on the job; and key resources for other States interested in creating their own State teams.

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Author:   Centers for Disease Cont And Prevention ,  National Institute Fo Safety and Health ,  D Human Services
Publisher:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.141kg
ISBN:  

9781495958342


ISBN 10:   1495958345
Pages:   50
Publication Date:   16 February 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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