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Occupational injury deaths of 16- and 17-year-olds in the United States.

Author(s) -

Dawn N. Castillo,

Deborah D. Landen,

Larry A. Layne

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.4.646

Subject(s) - electrocution , occupational safety and health , homicide , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , suicide prevention , environmental health , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , occupational injury , law enforcement , demography , law , pathology , sociology , political science

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.

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