Breslin C, Koehoorn M, Smith P, Manno M
Institute for Work & Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E9, Canada.
Occup Environ Med. 2003 Sep;60(9):E10. doi: 10.1136/oem.60.9.e10.
There is growing evidence that adolescent workers are at greater risk for work injury.
To investigate the severity of work injuries across age groups.
Workers' compensation records were used to examine work related injuries among adolescents (15-19 years old), young adults (20-24 years old), and adults (25+ years old) between 1993 and 2000. The incidence of compensated injuries was calculated for each age group and compared by gender, industry, and type of injury. The presence and degree of permanent impairment in each age group was also examined.
For males, adolescents and young adults had higher claim rates than adults. For females, adults had the highest claim rates and young adults the lowest. Rates of permanent impairment indicated that age was positively associated with severity of injury.
Indicators of health consequences, in particular presence of permanent impairment, provide preliminary evidence that compensated work injuries sustained by youth are not as serious as injuries sustained by adults. Nevertheless, there was evidence that some young workers sustain injuries that have long term consequences. Documenting the consequences of the injuries that young workers sustain has implications for secondary prevention efforts and health services policy.
越来越多的证据表明，青少年工人遭受工伤的风险更高。
调查不同年龄组工伤的严重程度。
利用工人赔偿记录，对1993年至2000年间青少年（15 - 19岁）、青年（20 - 24岁）和成年人（25岁及以上）的工伤情况进行调查。计算每个年龄组的赔偿工伤发生率，并按性别、行业和伤害类型进行比较。还检查了每个年龄组永久性损伤的存在情况和程度。
对于男性，青少年和青年的索赔率高于成年人。对于女性，成年人的索赔率最高，青年的索赔率最低。永久性损伤率表明年龄与伤害严重程度呈正相关。
健康后果指标，特别是永久性损伤的存在，提供了初步证据，表明青年遭受的赔偿工伤不如成年人遭受的工伤严重。然而，有证据表明一些青年工人遭受的伤害会产生长期后果。记录青年工人遭受的伤害后果对二级预防工作和卫生服务政策具有重要意义。
