Occupational injury deaths of 16- and 17-year-olds in the United States
| Autor: | Dawn N. Castillo, Larry A. Layne, D. D. Landen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Occupational injury Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Poison control medicine.disease people.cause_of_death Occupational safety and health Occupational medicine Electrocution Homicide Environmental health Injury prevention medicine business people |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 84:646-649 |
| ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/ajph.84.4.646 |
| Popis: | Data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system were used to analyze occupational injury deaths of civilian 16- and 17-year-olds during 1980 through 1989. There were 670 deaths; the rate was 5.11 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. The leading causes of death were incidents involving motor vehicles and machines, electrocution, and homicide. Workers 16 and 17 years old appear to be at greater risk than adults for occupational death by electrocution, suffocation, drowning, poisoning, and natural and environmental factors. Improved enforcement of and compliance with federal child labor laws, evaluation of the appropriateness of currently permitted activities, and education are encouraged. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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