On Monday morning at the AIHce, Brendan Moriarty, CIH, CSP, Chubb Insurance, discussed in a workshop the significant potential for an injury to a younger worker. According to NIOSH, an estimated 200,000 young workers are injured on the job in the U.S. every year. About 70,000 are injured seriously enough to go to the emergency room. Moriarty covered the typical hazards associated with summer jobs such as construction, painting and landscaping and what adolescents and parents should expect from the employer in terms of safety and health.
Young workers get injured or sick on the job for many reasons, including: