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Enhanced Surveillance of Work-Related Injuries to Youths.

PB2013107721

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Davis, L.
Page Count	29
Abstract	Each year in the United States, an estimated 230,000 youths are injured on the job and close to 70 are killed. Teens have been recognized as a priority worker population with special concerns and unique opportunities for intervention through schools and communities as well as the workplace. Surveillance of work-related injuries to youths is essential to guide educational and regulatory interventions as well as the development of new control technologies. State surveillance data are needed to inform state prevention priorities, and states are in an optimal position to actively link surveillance findings with intervention efforts at the worksite and in the community. State-based surveillance that includes follow-up activities can also fill significant gaps in surveillance of occupational injuries to teens at the national level. In 1993, work-related injuries to individuals less than 18 years of age became reportable in Massachusetts. Since that time, with support from NIOSH, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's (MDPH) Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) has worked to establish a model statewide surveillance and intervention system for occupational injuries to youths. The surveillance system is designed both to identify sentinel cases for case specific follow-up and to generate representative summary data that can be used to inform broad-based prevention activities. This Cooperative Agreement enabled OHSP to continue and enhance surveillance and related intervention activities during 2000-2004. Multiple data sources predominantly workers' compensation records and emergency department reports were used to identify over 1,700 teen occupational injury cases, follow-up interviews with 173 injured teens were completed, and surveillance findings were used to target worksite interventions and a promote a range of broad-based prevention activities.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Injuries Youths Adolescents Communities Employees Fatalities Food services Hazards Health surveys Intervention Public health Schools Surveillance Work environments
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201318

Enhanced Surveillance of Work-Related Injuries to Youths.

Enhanced Surveillance of Work-Related Injuries to Youths.
PB2013107721

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Davis, L.
Page Count	29
Abstract	Each year in the United States, an estimated 230,000 youths are injured on the job and close to 70 are killed. Teens have been recognized as a priority worker population with special concerns and unique opportunities for intervention through schools and communities as well as the workplace. Surveillance of work-related injuries to youths is essential to guide educational and regulatory interventions as well as the development of new control technologies. State surveillance data are needed to inform state prevention priorities, and states are in an optimal position to actively link surveillance findings with intervention efforts at the worksite and in the community. State-based surveillance that includes follow-up activities can also fill significant gaps in surveillance of occupational injuries to teens at the national level. In 1993, work-related injuries to individuals less than 18 years of age became reportable in Massachusetts. Since that time, with support from NIOSH, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's (MDPH) Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) has worked to establish a model statewide surveillance and intervention system for occupational injuries to youths. The surveillance system is designed both to identify sentinel cases for case specific follow-up and to generate representative summary data that can be used to inform broad-based prevention activities. This Cooperative Agreement enabled OHSP to continue and enhance surveillance and related intervention activities during 2000-2004. Multiple data sources predominantly workers' compensation records and emergency department reports were used to identify over 1,700 teen occupational injury cases, follow-up interviews with 173 injured teens were completed, and surveillance findings were used to target worksite interventions and a promote a range of broad-based prevention activities.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Injuries Youths Adolescents Communities Employees Fatalities Food services Hazards Health surveys Intervention Public health Schools Surveillance Work environments
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201318