title: Severe injury and the need for improved safety training among working teens.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate work characteristics and safety training among teenagers with severe work-related injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was administered to 6810 high school Wisconsin students in May 2003.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen percent of working teens reported being injured at work. Variables associated with severe injury included having a near-miss incident at work (AOR = 8.72, 95%CI = 5.51-13), working after 11:00 PM (AOR = 4.21, 95%CI=2.08-8.53), and being asked to do something dangerous (AOR = 2.59, 95%CI = 1.53-4.39).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prohibiting teens from working long and late hours, improved safety training, and increased communication between teens and their coworkers and supervisors may help reduce the occurrence of injury.
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. kzierold@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Kristina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Zierold
authors.forename: Henry A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D012449:Safety; D013334:Students; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014922:Wisconsin; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*