Open AccessChanging the Child Labor Laws for Agriculture: Impact on Injury
Author(s) -
Barbara Marlenga,
Richard L. Berg,
James G. Linneman,
Robert J. Brison,
William Pickett
Publication year - 2007
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.2005.078923
Subject(s) - agriculture , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , law , environmental health , political science , medicine , geography , archaeology
The child labor laws are intended to protect young workers from the most dangerous jobs. However, children who work on their parents' farms are exempt from these laws. We evaluated the potential for preventing the occurrence of farm injuries among children by changing the US Federal Child Labor Laws, Hazardous Occupations Orders for Agriculture.