Press operator amputations: Is risk associated with age and gender?

Have young workers more injuries than older ones? An international literature review

“…The proportion of young workers in injuries was the same as in the workforce Jacobsson and Schelp (1988) 285 injuries in Falkfping, Sweden, 1981-1982 The injury rate of young women and men was higher than the overall rate Jensen and Sinkule (1988) 628 press operator amputations, USA, 1979USA, -1981 The injury rate of young women and men was higher than the overall rate Larsson (1988) 687 injuries among Swedish woodworkers, 1983…”

Hazardous task recognition among U.S. adolescents working in the retail or service industry

“…In addition, it was surprising that involvement in safety training, which has been shown to improve hazard recognition and management among adults [Jensen and Sinkule, 1988;Perkins, 1995], was not uniformly associated with hazardous task recognition among adolescent workers in our study. Perhaps adolescent workers who received safety training were more confident in their ability to perform certain job tasks and therefore, less likely to consider those tasks dangerous.…”

“…The greater recognition of hazardous tasks by males may reflect differences in the types of jobs in which males and females work and the tasks required for these jobs [Runyan et al, 2006[Runyan et al, , 2007[Runyan et al, , 2008. In addition, it was surprising that involvement in safety training, which has been shown to improve hazard recognition and management among adults [Jensen and Sinkule, 1988;Perkins, 1995], was not uniformly associated with hazardous task recognition among adolescent workers in our study. Perhaps adolescent workers who received safety training were more confident in their ability to perform certain job tasks and therefore, less likely to consider those tasks dangerous.…”

“…Compounding the risk of these exposures is the fact that few young workers receive safety training [Bush and Baker, 1994;Zakocs et al, 1998;Delp et al, 2002;O'Connor et al, 2005;Zierold and Anderson, 2006;Runyan et al, 2007], which is important in helping workers recognize and manage hazards and is a known factor in reducing occupational injuries among adults [Jensen and Sinkule, 1988;Knight et al, 1995;Perkins, 1995;Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Massachusetts Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 1998].…”

Hand Lacerations and Job Design Characteristics in Line-Paced Assembly

“…Younger age has been found to be a risk factor for hand injuries in other studies. 17,32,33 However, age was significantly correlated with job tenure (or experience) in this study, which was found to be a strong predictor of laceration rate. The finding of increased risk of injury among less experienced workers has also been widely reported.…”