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Article Excerpt
Many employers are violating state and federal laws by allowing teens to operate dangerous equipment, work late hours, and perform other illegal tasks, according to the first national study of teen workers' exposure to on-the-job hazards.
The study, published in the March issue of Pediatrics, was funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, which has reported that each year, about 230,000 teens file workers' compensation claims and another 67 die from work-related injuries. The Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) at the University of North Carolina conducted the study based on a 2003 telephone survey of 866 teens between 14 and 17 years old who had worked in retail and service, the largest two employment sectors for the group.
"We were particularly interested in examining violations of federal...
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