Young Workers

Lansing, MI — Equipping young people with the “knowledge and confidence they need to enter the workforce safely, fairly and successfully” is the goal...

Phoenix — Arizona’s child labor laws and rules will be evaluated by a newly formed task force, with the goal to update them “in...

A quick look at state-level efforts to amend laws that mandate where, when and how long teens can work.

A 16-year-old worker died after his ladder came in contact with a power line.

According to NIOSH, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of work-related deaths among people ages 16 to 24 in the United States.

Having a job can be an exciting and rewarding experience for young people. But according to OSHA, people younger than 25 are 2 times as likely as older workers to be injured on the job, and more than 170,000 young workers were injured and 361 were killed at work in 2012.

In an effort to better protect temporary workers – who are at an increased risk of work-related injuries and illnesses – OSHA and NIOSH partnered to release a report containing recommended practices for staffing agencies and host employers.

Because of their youth and inexperience, extra attention needs to be paid to teen workers, cautions the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.