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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

April 23, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. 15

Occupational Injuries and Deaths Among Younger Workers — United States, 1998–2007

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5915.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Workers aged 15–24 years represent 14% of the U.S. labor force and are at highest risk for injury while on the job. To assess trends and help guide efforts to improve safety among younger workers, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health analyzed data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System occupational supplement for the period 1998–2007. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.

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