Yesterday, a 16 year old worker was critically injured while using a cutting torch. From CBC news:
A teenager is in hospital in critical condition Friday morning after an industrial accident in Edmonton’s west end.
The young man was using a cutting torch on a 45-gallon drum at a truck and trailer repair and sales shop when the top exploded Thursday afternoon. A man was also injured.
Nikki Booth, who speaks for emergency services, said the youth, who was in his teens, has “serious facial injuries.”
Kevin Flaherty, a spokesman with the charitable organization Alberta Workers’ Health Centre, said the provincial government isn’t doing enough to protect young people in a province where children as young as 12 can work in the food service industry.
“I’m just appalled,” he said. “We really have to question at what age people are working on these jobs and what kind of training, but also education is critical to how they look at the job, whether they can assess the hazards.”
The cover story in this quarter’s Occupation Health and Safety magazine looks at the vulnerability of young employees. You can download the magazine as a PDF from this link.
2007 Occupational Health & Safety Magazine – Why Young, Eager Workers are Vulnerable
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