title: Occupational fatalities among young workers in the United States: 2001-2012.
abstract: While adolescent workers in the United States (US) are protected by child labor laws, they continue to suffer fatal occupational injuries. This study was designed to provide a comprehensive profile of occupational fatalities among this sub-population of US workers.
  
  
  
  Using Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data between 2001 and 2012, we calculated descriptive statistics and rates to examine the magnitude and nature of fatalities among workers under age 18.
  
  
  
  During the study period, there were 406 fatalities among young workers which translated into 24,790 years of potential life lost; 12,241 of which were in agriculture alone. Rates declined since 2001 yet Hispanics, foreign-born workers, males, and those working in agriculture continued to suffer a disproportionate fatality burden.
  
  
  
  Efforts to reduce young worker fatalities should focus on male Hispanics, particularly those who are foreign-born, as well as agricultural workers as these groups have the greatest fatality risks. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:445-452, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, West Virginia.|West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Kimberly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Rauscher
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, West Virginia.|West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Douglas J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000383:Agriculture; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*; D009790:Occupations; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: adolescent workers; occupational fatalities; work-related fatalities; young workers