Teens Blow Whistle On Dangerous Jobs
The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center has released the results of the first-ever national survey of teenagers about workplace dangers. And the results are disturbing: teens report little or no safety training, improper use of dangerous equipment, and being required to fulfill tasks that are against the law.
"In the same way we worry about sex, drugs, alcohol and driving, we should worry about [teenagers'] work life," said Carol Runyan, director of the Injury Prevention Research Center and the report's lead author. Other revelations in the report, which will appear in Pediatrics this month, include the fact that nearly ten percent of working teens have been asked to work alone at night and one-third of teens interviewed said they had received no safety training whatsoever.
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