The findings and conclusions in this presentation have not been formally disseminated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy.

Youth and High-risk subsectors in Wholesale and Retail Trade Industry in US

Nonfatal injury and illness cases involving lost workdays, 2009

Young workers who hurt on the job have following occupations:

Service (45%) , Transportation & Material moving (16%),

Sales and related (11%).

Young workers (under 24) work at grocery stores (21%),department

discount stores (14%), clothing and accessories (10%), pharmacies

(5%), automobile dealer(4%), sporting goods, hobby and toy stores

in the wholesale and retail trade sector.

Young workers have a high risk of contact of object/equipment WRT (29%) accounts for the largest share of Injury and Illness

Cases for Young Workers

HeeKyoung Chun, Sc.D.1 Vern P. Anderson, Ph.D.2 Paul A. Schulte, Ph.D.2

APTR-CDC fellow1 and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health2

12.9% 12.4%

43.0%

31.7%

8.6%

54.3%

20.6% 16.5%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

STFs Violence Motor injury Others

Wholesale

Retail

OSH Burden 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Fatality 609 581 555 481 477

Nonfatal (A) 849700 820500 822200 751300 673100

Lost time (B) 256100 238500 242020 218200 199400

MSD 83710 81480 76580 69410 65030

Overexertion 68750 67250 62750 57010 54530

Lost time/(A) 30.1% 29.1% 29.4% 29.0% 29.6%

MSD/(B) 32.7% 34.2% 31.6% 31.8% 32.6%

Overexertion/(B) 26.8% 28.2% 25.9% 26.1% 27.3% Wholesale inj/ill rate per 100 FTE 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.3

Retail inj/ill rate 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.2 Private Inj/ill rate per 100 FTE 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.6

Retail Trade Has High Fatality due to Workplace Violence

Summary: Nonfatal Injury and Illness of Youth

Event/Exposures: Contact Objects, Falls , Overexertion

Nature/Type: Sprains, Strains, Cuts, Lacerations, Punctures

Source: Floors, Containers, Vehicles

Body Part: Upper & Lower Extremities, Trunk

Chemicals 3%

Containers 11%

Furniture fixtures

5%

Machine 9%

Parts and materials

6% Worker motion or position

10%

Floor ground surfaces

16%

Handtools 10%

Vehicle 8%

Health care patient

4%

All other 18%

Source of injury illness among youth (16-19 age group), 2009

AgriFF 1%

Construction 7% Manufacture

6%

Wholesale 5%

Retail Trade 24%

Trans. and Warehousing

3%

Professional and business

service 10%

Education and health service

14%

Leisure and hospitality

25%

Other services 3%

Nonfatal occupational injury and illness by industry among youth (16-19 age group), 2009

The findings and conclusions in this presentation have not been formally disseminated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy.

Youth and High-risk subsectors in Wholesale and Retail Trade Industry in US

Nonfatal injury and illness cases involving lost workdays, 2009

Young workers who hurt on the job have following occupations:

Service (45%) , Transportation & Material moving (16%),

Sales and related (11%).

Young workers (under 24) work at grocery stores (21%),department

discount stores (14%), clothing and accessories (10%), pharmacies

(5%), automobile dealer(4%), sporting goods, hobby and toy stores

in the wholesale and retail trade sector.

Young workers have a high risk of contact of object/equipment WRT (29%) accounts for the largest share of Injury and Illness

Cases for Young Workers

HeeKyoung Chun, Sc.D.1 Vern P. Anderson, Ph.D.2 Paul A. Schulte, Ph.D.2

APTR-CDC fellow1 and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health2

12.9% 12.4%

43.0%

31.7%

8.6%

54.3%

20.6% 16.5%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

STFs Violence Motor injury Others

Wholesale

Retail

OSH Burden 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Fatality 609 581 555 481 477

Nonfatal (A) 849700 820500 822200 751300 673100

Lost time (B) 256100 238500 242020 218200 199400

MSD 83710 81480 76580 69410 65030

Overexertion 68750 67250 62750 57010 54530

Lost time/(A) 30.1% 29.1% 29.4% 29.0% 29.6%

MSD/(B) 32.7% 34.2% 31.6% 31.8% 32.6%

Overexertion/(B) 26.8% 28.2% 25.9% 26.1% 27.3% Wholesale inj/ill rate per 100 FTE 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.3

Retail inj/ill rate 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.2 Private Inj/ill rate per 100 FTE 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.6

Retail Trade Has High Fatality due to Workplace Violence

Summary: Nonfatal Injury and Illness of Youth

Event/Exposures: Contact Objects, Falls , Overexertion

Nature/Type: Sprains, Strains, Cuts, Lacerations, Punctures

Source: Floors, Containers, Vehicles

Body Part: Upper & Lower Extremities, Trunk

Chemicals 3%

Containers 11%

Furniture fixtures

5%

Machine 9%

Parts and materials

6% Worker motion or position

10%

Floor ground surfaces

16%

Handtools 10%

Vehicle 8%

Health care patient

4%

All other 18%

Source of injury illness among youth (16-19 age group), 2009

AgriFF 1%

Construction 7% Manufacture

6%

Wholesale 5%

Retail Trade 24%

Trans. and Warehousing

3%

Professional and business

service 10%

Education and health service

14%

Leisure and hospitality

25%

Other services 3%

Nonfatal occupational injury and illness by industry among youth (16-19 age group), 2009

Sprains strains 28%

Fractures 5% Cuts

lacerations punctures

22%

Bruises contusions

10% Heat burns 6%

Multiple injuries

2%

Soreness Pain 8%

Back pain 2% All other

17%

Nature of injury and illness among youth (16-19 age group), 2009

Contact with object

equipment 41%

Fall to lower level 3%

Fall on same level 12%

Slips trips 3%

Overexertion 13%

Exposed to harmful

substance 10%

Transportation accidents

3%

Assault violent act

4%

All other 7%

Event/Exposure of injury and illness among youth (16-19 age group), 2009

20.0%

21.0%

22.0%

23.0%

24.0%

25.0%

26.0%

27.0%

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Percent Changes of Injured Youth (under 24) in WRT among Private industry, 2003-9

WRT employed/private industry

WRT injuredyoungers under 24/private industry

28.9%

25.0%

19.4% 19.4% 19.5% 20.7%

27.6% 27.0%

20.5%

13.5% 12.5% 12.4% 12.6%

15.6%

16 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 +

WRT share of nonfatal injury/illness and employment by age group, 2009

nonfatal injury/illness share employment share

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