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NIOSH Publication No. 97-143:Child Labor Research Needs |
August 1997 |
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Recommendations from the NIOSH Child Labor Working TeamNational Objectives for the Occupational Safety and Health of Youths Both the Federal Government and the private sector have numerous national objectives that intersect with the mission of the Child Labor Working Team to reduce injuries and illnesses in young workers and to prepare them for encountering workplace hazards. These objectives are summarized below and outlined in more detail in Appendix D.
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Private Sector ObjectivesPublic health and child advocacy groups in the private sector have called for research and prevention efforts focused on the occupational safety and health of youths. The National Committee for Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention has published a report with 13 recommendations for reducing the toll of agriculture on children [National Committee for Childhood Agricultural Injury Prevention 1996]. All but one of these recommendations fall within the purview of NIOSH (including surveillance, etiologic and intervention research, and educating the public and specific stakeholders about agricultural risks to children). The National Safety Council has released a policy statement encouraging research to reduce the risks posed to children by tractors -- a machine that accounts for substantial numbers of childhood agricultural deaths each year [National Safety Council 1996]. The American Public Health Association (APHA) recommends conducting research into the safety and health of working children, incorporating occupational safety and health training into school curricula, educating stakeholders about the occupational risks of youths, and coordinating the efforts of the DHHS and the DOL in controlling and preventing occupational injuries in youths [APHA 1995]. The Child Labor Coalition of the National Consumers League has called for research and a comprehensive multiagency response to occupational safety and health concerns about young workers [Child Labor Coalition 1993]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||