Young workers

Supervision of young workers/trainees will be arranged/undertaken/monitored by... 

If you have young workers and/or take on trainees or students on work experience, you will need to ensure that they are properly instructed and supervised. 

More tellingly these workers are often less-sldUed and of lower income, and are sometimes made up of from ranks of young workers. In particular, lawn... 

Oettingen, The Aromatic Amino and Nitro Compounds, Their Toxicity and Potential Dangers. A Review of the Literature , US Public Health Service Bulletin 271 (1941) 4)L.Schwartz, Trans Natl Safety Congr 30, 308-15 (1941) CA 39, 1481 (1945) 5)Anon, Occupational Hazards to Young Workers , The ExplosivesrManufacturing Industries Report No 1, US Dept of Labor (1942)... 

Some tumors appeared after only 5 to 10 years of exposure (Weiss and Boucot 1975 Weiss 1976) in young workers (Figueroa et al. 1973 Reznick et al. 1977). 

Chronic use of snuff has caused oropharyngeal cancer. Tobacco and alcohol ambylopia is seen in chronic smokers who are malnourished and alcoholic. Green tobacco sickness occurs in young workers who do not smoke but work with wet, uncured tobacco. Withdrawal symptoms can occur when use of a tobacco product is stopped. 

Cavalleri A, Djuric D, Maugeri U, et al. 1967. 17-Ketosteriods and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the urine of young workers exposed to carbon disulfide. In Brieger H, Theisinger J, eds. International Symposium on Toxicology of Carbon Disulfide. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Excerpta Medica Foundation. 

Castillo, D. N. (1999). Occupational safety and health in young people. In J. Barling E. K. Kelloway (Eds.), Young workers Varieties of experience (pp. 159-200). Washington, DC, USA American Psychological Association. 

Salminen, S. (1996). Work-related accidents among young workers in Einland. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2(4), 305-314. 

Salminen, S. (2004). Have young workers more injuries than older ones An international literature review. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 513-521. 

Bush, D., Baker, R. (1994). Young workers at risk Health and safety education and the schools. 

Laberge, M., MacEachen, E., Calvet, B. (2014). Why are occupational health and safety training approaches not effective Understanding young workers learning processes using an ergonomic lens. Safety Science, 68, 250-257. 

No young worker may work between 10 pm and 6 am unless offered a health check before starting the work. 

In contrast to the frequency of eczema caused by nickel in women and to certain remarks in the literature, there are, at least in Switzerland, few workers who are sensitized to nickel. In the nickel workshops of Geneva, we have noticed that some young workers quickly become sensitive and must stop work during their apprenticeship, while others, fortunately the majority, can pursue their trade without harm (N. Hunziker, Musso, 1959). 

Most of the safety and health community considers back injuries a one-time event. It seems more realistic to consider such iiguries as caused by a series of microtraumas (strains and sprains) over time that eventually results in what is commonly called a back injury. This concept moves back injuries into the realm of cumulative trauma disorders. Many companies in the past hired younger workers who may be less susceptible to injury to do continuous or repetitive lifting task rather than use older or more experienced woikers who might be more likely to be injured. These young workers had not had the micro-trauma mjuries that set than up for a back injury. 

Training for young workers has to address the immortality factor , i.e. we are immune from harm and its effect on attitudes and behaviour. 

Supervising employees so far as is necessary for their safety - especially young workers, new employees and employees carrying out unfamiliar tasks. 

Employees and contractors who work full time at the site or workplace are the most obvious groups at risk and it will be necessary check that they are competent to perform their particular tasks. However, there may be other groups who spend time in or around the workplace. These include young workers, trainees, new and expectant mothers, cleaners, contractor and maintenance workers and members of the public. Members of the public will include visitors, patients, students or customers as well as passers by. On a construction site, the persons at risk could be site operatives, surveyors, transport drivers, building inspectors, other visitors and the general public. 

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