Protecting Young Workers

Documents

• Protecting Young Workers: A Guide for Building a State Surveillance System for Work-related Injuries to Youths (PDF)  file size 1MB

Appendices

• Appendix A: Confidential Report of Occupational Disease and Injury (PDF) 
• Appendix B: Reportable Diseases and Isolation and Quarantine Regulations (condensed) (PDF) 
• Appendix C: Letter to Hospitals Requesting Medical Information for Cases (PDF) 
• Appendix D: Case Follow-up Materials
  • Interview Solicitation Letter (PDF) 
  • TAW Answers to Questions Factsheet (PDF) 
  • TAW Answers to Questions Factsheet - Construction (PDF) 
  • Telephone Interview Instrument (PDF) 
  • Mailed Interview Instrument for Burn Injury Cases (PDF) 
  • Under 18 and Hurt on the Job? Information on Workers' Compensation (PDF 1MB)  file size 1MB
• Appendix E: Materials from the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
  • Sample FACE Facts: 15-Year-Old Student Amputates Fingers While Operating an Unguarded Table Saw in Woodworking Class (PDF) 
  • FACE Report
  • Forklift Sticker
  • FACE Data Collection Instrument for Investigating Young Worker Deaths (PDF) 
• Appendix F: Teens at Work Newsletter: Preventing Work-related Injuries to Teens (PDF) 
• Appendix G: Teens at Work Educational Materials
  • Massachusetts Employers' Guide: Young Worker Health & Safety and the Child Labor Law (PDF) 
  • The Massachusetts Guide for Working Teens (PDF) 
  • Protecting Your Working Teen: A Guide for Parents (PDF) 
  • Protecting Working Teens: A Guide for Health Care Providers (PDF) 
  • First Aid for Burns in Restaurants (PDF) 
• Appendix H: Massachusetts Young Workers Initiative Task Force Report (PDF) 

 

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This information is provided by the Occupational Health Surveillance Program within the Department of Public Health.