Young, vulnerable and uncertain: Young workers' perceptions of work health and safety

Work : a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation
Larissa ClarksonHayley Etherton

Abstract

Young workers are at an increased risk of work place injury, and are less likely to report hazards or injuries, or apply for workers' compensation even though they are over-represented in workers' compensation statistics in comparison with their older peers. To identify young workers' perceptions of work health and safety (WHS), why and how they report (or do not report) hazards and injuries, and examine where they source WHS information. This paper reports on the first stage of a larger, mixed methods study on WHS and young workers in South Australia. A total of 226 young South Australian workers aged between 12 and 25 years completed an online survey. Data were analyzed using chi-squared analysis for categorical variables and t-tests where the dependent variable was continuous. Three quarters of young workers identified stress at work, not being trained to do the job, fatigue from work and lifting heavy things at work as WHS issues, although not necessarily as issues that they have personally experienced. Most young workers obtained information about WHS through their employer although a sizable proportion sourced this information from friends and social media. Young workers identified that they lacked confidence to report WH...Continue Reading

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Feb 10, 2012·Work : a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation·Samantha Lemos TurteFrida Marina Fischer
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Dec 10, 2019·Work : a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation·Maria LindholmArto Reiman
Feb 3, 2020·Work : a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation·Ana Margarida Pisco AlmeidaRui Neves
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