Higgins Doloris N, Tierney Jeanette, Lins Meredith, Hanrahan Lawrence
Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
J Sch Nurs. 2004 Dec;20(6):317-23. doi: 10.1177/10598405040200060501.
On average, 67 youths under age 18 die at work in the United States each year, and many more suffer work-related injuries. In 1998, an estimated 77,000 young workers suffered work injuries that required treatment in hospital emergency rooms. It is estimated that only one third of work-related injuries are seen in emergency departments; therefore, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimates that nearly 230,000 youths suffer work-related injuries each year. Through NIOSH's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program, NIOSH investigators identified poor knowledge of child labor laws, lack of safety training and supervision, inappropriate job assignment, and lack of employer compliance with labor laws as factors contributing to young worker deaths. School nurses serve as a resource to other professionals, parents, employers, and students and can help foster safer working conditions for youth by providing these groups with young worker safety information.
在美国，平均每年有67名18岁以下的青少年在工作中死亡，还有更多人遭受与工作相关的伤害。1998年，估计有7.7万名青年工人遭受了需要在医院急诊室治疗的工伤。据估计，急诊部门仅能处理三分之一与工作相关的伤害；因此，美国国家职业安全与健康研究所（NIOSH）估计，每年有近23万名青年工人遭受与工作相关的伤害。通过NIOSH的死亡评估与控制评估（FACE）项目，NIOSH的调查人员确定，对童工法的了解不足、缺乏安全培训和监督、不适当的工作分配以及雇主不遵守劳动法是导致青年工人死亡的因素。学校护士是其他专业人员、家长、雇主和学生的资源，可以通过向这些群体提供青年工人安全信息，帮助为青少年营造更安全的工作条件。
