Contents

Introduction
Facts about Young Worker Safety and Health
Steps in Coordinating a Young Worker Project
Forming Partnerships with Schools
Developing Teen Peer Education Programs
Involving Parents
Linking with Job Training Programs
Including Healthcare Providers
Working With Employers
Reaching the Broader Community
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

Appendix C—Reports and Books

American Youth Work Center and National Consumers League [1990]. Working America's children to death: reported child labor violations. Washington, DC: AYWC.

This report analyzes the types of work and locations where youth get hurt and discusses the needs for child labor laws and government oversight. Contact the American Youth Work Center, Washington, DC: (202) 785-0764.

Bequele A, Myers WE [1995]. First things first in child labor: eliminating work detrimental to children. Washington, DC: ILO, Washington Branch. An overview of child labor throughout the world.

This document includes information concerning intervention, legislative action, enforcement, and public education campaigns. Contact the International Labor Organization (ILO), Washington Branch, Washington, DC: (202) 653-7652.

Beyer D [1995]. Understanding and applying child labor laws to today's school-to-work transition programs. Berkeley, CA: National Center for Research in Vocational Education.

This document explains the basics of child labor law at the Federal and State levels and lists whom to contact at each State Department of Labor concerning local laws. Contact the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE), University of California at Berkeley: 1-800-762-4093.

Bush D, Baker R [1994]. Young workers at risk: safety and health education and the schools. Berkeley, CA:, University of California, Labor Occupational Health Program.

This report describes the Young Workers at Risk project, which collected information and data about the risk of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among young workers. The report also makes recommendations for Cal/OSHA concerning the best way to educate California's youth about workplace health and safety issues. Contact the Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California at Berkeley: (510) 642-5507.

Child Labor Coalition [1992]. Model state child labor law. Washington, DC: National Consumers League.

This is a guide for States to use as they update and strengthen child labor laws. Contact the National Consumers League, Washington, DC: (202) 885-3323.

Children's Safety Network Rural Injury Prevention Resource Center [1994]. Prevention of injury in children of migrant and seasonal farm laborers: a resource list. Marshfield, WI: Marshfield Clinic.

This document lists materials and videos about agricultural safety, general childhood injury prevention, maternal and child health, and agricultural chemicals. Availability in Spanish is indicated. Contact the Marshfield Clinic, National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield, WI: (715) 389-4999.

Frase BS, Charner I, Rose KL, Hubbard S, Menzel S [1994]. Minor laws of major importance: A guide to federal and state child labor laws. Washington, DC: National Institute for Work and Learning, Academy for Educational Development.

This booklet was developed for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, and contains synopses of the Federal child labor laws and State laws applying to ages, hours, and occupations. Contacts in each State for more information about State labor regulations are listed. Contact the National Institute for Work and Learning, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC: (202) 884-8000.

Freedman R [1994]. Kids at work: Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor. New York: Clarion Books.

This historical document uses photographs by Lewis Hine to portray child labor in the United States' fields and factories.

Institute of Medicine [1998]. Protecting youth at work. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

This book provides a historical perspective about working children and adolescents in the United States and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. It presents a wide range of data and analysis about the scope of youth employment, factors that put youth at risk, and the positive and negative effects of employment.

NIOSH [1995]. NIOSH Alert: preventing deaths and injuries of adolescent workers. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 95-125.

This document summarizes risks and hazard to adolescent workers and contains recommendations to employers, parents, educators, and adolescents.

Parker D [1998]. Stolen dreams: portraits of working children. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Company.

This book contains photographs of children in a variety of occupational settings in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Bangledash, Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia, and India. It discusses the children's susceptibility to illnesses and injuries associated with occupational hazards.

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs [1994]. By the sweat and toil of children: the use of child labor in American imports. A report of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Congress.

This document examines child labor in 19 developing countries that import goods to the United States, including types of industries, economic conditions, and other factors.

The U.S. General Accounting Office reports on child labor issues include the following:

Occupational safety and health: assuring accuracy in employer injury and illness records [December, 1998]. Report No. GAO/HRD 89-23.

Sweatshops in New York City: a local example of a nationwide problem [June 1989]. Report No. GAO/HRD 89-101 BR.

Child labor violations and sweatshops in the U.S. [March 1990]. Report No. GAO/T-HRD-90-18.

Child labor: increases in detected child labor violations throughout the United States [April 1990]. Report No. GAO/HRD 90-116.

Child labor: characteristics of working children [June 1991]. Report No. GAO/ HRD-91-83BR.

Labor's child labor enforcement efforts: developments after Operation Child Watch [August 1991]. Report No. GAO/T-HRD-91-44.

Child labor: work permit and death and injury reporting systems in selected States [March 1992]. Report No. GAO/HRD-92-44FS.

Child labor: information on Federal enforcement efforts [June 1992]. Report No. GAO/HRD-92-127FS.

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries [1990]. Protecting children in the workplace. Olympia, WA: Employment Standards, Apprenticeship and Crime Victims Compensations Division, Washington Department of Labor and Industries.

This brief report describes State investigations of 395 non-agricultural worker compensation claims by minors over a one-year period. More than 44 percent of the employers involved were in violation of child labor laws.

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries [1992]. Child Labor Advisory Committee final report: recommended changes to Washington State and nonagricultural child labor rules. Olympia, WA: Employment Standards Program, Washington Department of Labor and Industries.

This report contains recommendations and rationale regarding hours of work, related variance issues, and prohibited duties for minors in Washington State.

For information about other occupational safety and health concerns
Call NIOSH at
1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674)
Fax number: (513) 533-8573
E-mail: pubstaft@cdc.gov
or visit the NIOSH Web site at www.cdc.gov/niosh.

Delivering on the Nation's promise:
Safety and health at work for all people
through research and prevention

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-141

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Appendix B

Introduction