. "3 Health and Safety at Work." Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998.
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Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States
Study
Population/Source
Sample
Hayes-Lundy et al., 1991
15-to 19-year-olds/ Utah State Insurance fund data, 1982–1985
73 cases
Heinzman et al., 1993 (Minnesota Adolescent Occupational Injury Study)
13-to 17-year-olds/Workers' compensation records for 8/90–8/91
742 injured adolescents 534 usable records
Heyer et al., 1992
17-year-olds and younger/Washington state Workers' compensation claims,1986–1989
16,481 claims
Knight et al., 1995
14-to 16-year-olds/ Follow-up survey of all work-related injury cases seen in emergency rooms participating in NEISS, July 1 to Sept. 30, 1992
174 cases 146 interviews completed
Layne et al., 1994
14-to 17-year-olds/Representative sample of emergency departments (NEISS), July 1 to Dec. 30, 1992
37,405 estimated injuries nationwide based on 679 injuries in sample
