March 15, 2024

Young Worker Resources

Use the following resources to promote young worker safety and health.

General

Young Worker Injury Deaths: A Historical Summary of Surveillance and Investigative Findings

Health and Safety of Young Workers: Proceedings of a U.S. and Canadian Series of Symposia

NIOSH Recommendations to the U.S. Department of Labor for Changes to Hazardous Orders (May 2002)

Oct. 22, 2018

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Educational resources

Are You A Working Teen?

Are You A Working Teen? (en Espanol)

Electrical Safety: Safety and Health for Electrical Trades Student Manual

School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide

Youth@Work: Talking Safety Curriculum

NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools

NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools (en Espanol)

Don’t Be a Zombie at Work Game

Outreach and Educator Resources: Dangerous Decibels (DVD)

r2p & p2r at Work: Career Technical Education

Journal articles

A National Overview of Youth and Injury Trends on U.S. Farms, 2001-2014

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries to Younger Workers – United States, 2012-2018

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 35 / P. 1204–1209

Sept. 2, 2020

Preparing the Future Workforce for Safe and Healthy Employment

National Estimates of Youth and Injuries on U.S. Farms, 2012

Foundational Workplace Safety and Health Competencies for the Emerging Workforce

Literature search

See the NIOSHTIC-2 database search results on Young Worker Safety and Health. NIOSHTIC-2 is a database of occupational safety and health publications funded in whole or in part by NIOSH.

Data

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries to Younger Workers – United States, 2012-2018

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 35 / P. 1204–1209

Sept. 2, 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics Article Summarizing Young Worker Data

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Childhood Agricultural Injury Surveillance

Work-RISQS

The NIOSH Work-Related Injury Statistics Query System (Work-RISQS) provides national estimates and rates of occupational injuries and illnesses treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. Data for youth can be queried by selecting the desired age group (i.e., <14, 15-17, 18-19, and/or 20-24.)

SENSOR Pesticides Database

Here you will learn how we use data from the SENSOR-Pesticides program and the National Poison Data...

Apr. 19, 2022

The SENSOR-Pesticides database contains information on 5,200 acute occupational pesticide poisoning cases who were exposed between 1998-2006. Data for youth can be queried by selecting the desired aga group (i.e., <15, 15-17, 18-19, 20-24.)

Blood Lead Charts

The ABLES program is a state-based surveillance program of laboratory-reported blood lead levels. Data for young workers can be charted by selecting the age group, 16-24.