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Show Teen-Age Workers Hurt Oftener In Work Mishaps Teen-age drivers have come in for their share of criticism, but know about teen-age workers? Well, the National Safety Council Coun-cil says the picture isn't very rosy there, either. The U. S. Department of Labor found that workers under 18 years of age are injured more frequently in industrial accidents in manufacturing manu-facturing plants than are workers 18 years of age or older, performing perform-ing the same type of work. Older Workers Safer Workers 18 or older had an average aver-age injury frequency rate of 15.7 (disabling injuries per 1,000,000 man-hours worked). But the rate for the younger workers was 22.9. The frequency of permanently disabling injuries, such as finger amputations, was nearly twice as high for workers under 18 as for the older group. The Council says that the same characteristics of youth which give teen-agers a higher traffic accident acci-dent rate apparently apply also to work habits lack of experience, impulsiveness, daring, and the desire de-sire to show off. |