Selected Charts on Young Worker Employment, Injuries and Illnesses

Figure 10.

Figure 10. Distribution of Youth (<18 Years) Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Reported by Employers by Industry Sector, United States, 2007
The pie chart shows employer-reported work-related injuries and illnesses among youth that required at least a day away from work by industry sector in 2007.  The industry sector with the largest numbers of injured youth was the leisure and hospitality sector, accounting for 46% of reported injuries and illnesses among youth. This was followed by the retail trade sector with 25% of reported injuries and illnesses among youth, then the educational and health services sector with 9% of injured and ill youth.  This distribution of injuries and illnesses by industry sector mirrors the distribution of employed youth by industry sector. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Data were provided by Janice Windau of BLS.)

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