title: Work-related deaths among youth: Understanding the contribution of US child labor violations.
abstract: Evidence shows that violations of the United States (US) child labor regulations are common. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude and nature of work-related deaths among youth involving violations of US child labor regulations.
  
  
  
  We analyzed Census of Fatal Occupational Injury data from 2001 to 2012 using descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests.
  
  
  
  Between 2001 and 2012, 406 workers under age 18 were recorded in the CFOI as having suffered a fatal work-related injury. Among these cases, 233 were covered by the US child labor regulations. Forty-three percent of these cases involved at least one violation. The majority of cases that were not covered by the regulations involved decedents working on their family's farms (N = 139).
  
  
  
  Violations of federal child labor regulations are a significant contributor to work-related deaths among youth in the United States. Increased investment in enforcement is needed to prevent further young worker deaths involving child labor violations. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:959-968, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, West Virginia. krauscher@hsc.wvu.edu.|West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center, Morgantown, West Virginia. krauscher@hsc.wvu.edu.
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
authors.affiliation: Child Labor/Young Worker Specialist, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: adolescents; child labor violations; children; work-related fatalities; young workers