Young Workers at Higher Risk of On-the-Job Injury

摘要

Student workers are nearly twice as likely as adults to be injured on the job,bad news for the more than 4 million students who entered the workforce as seasonal workers this summer.Just 54 percent of businesses surveyed by Accident Fund Insurance Co.of America,a workers' compensation insurer based in Lansing,Mich.,planned to provide any safety training for their student workers.Yet,these same businesses say that workplace safety is a high priority.The survey included more than 600 small- to mid-sized businesses in Michigan.