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Selected Charts on Young Worker Employment, Injuries and Illnesses

 

Figure 9.
 


This graph shows rates for work-related nonfatal injuries and illnesses treated in emergency departments for 15 to 17 year olds in the United States for the time period 1997 to 2006. Rates were generally lower after 2000. The highest rate, 5.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 fulltime equivalents, was in 1999. The lowest rate, 4.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 fulltime equivalents, was in the years 2001 and 2006.

Figure 9. Rates of Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments by Year, 15-17 Year-Olds, United States
This graph shows rates for work-related nonfatal injuries and illnesses treated in emergency departments for 15 to 17 year olds in the United States for the time period 1997 to 2006.  Rates were generally lower after 2000.  The highest rate, 5.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 fulltime equivalents, was in 1999.  The lowest rate, 4.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 fulltime equivalents, was in the years 2001 and 2006. (Source: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)- NIOSH Work Supplement.)

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Page last updated: March 12, 2009
Page last reviewed: March 12, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Safety Research

 


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