State and federal offices will disseminate printed materials such as bookmarks and fact sheets with information about child labor laws. Several states plan proclamations to highlight child labor issues. Seventy young workers are killed on the job each year and 200,000 are injured. With all of us working together we can change those numbers.
Most teens work in retail establishments restaurants, supermarkets and stores.
Others work on farms or in summer camps and amusement parks. Most deaths of young workers are caused by car crashes and tractor rollovers. Homicide is another leading cause of death. Too often, teens are left working alone late at night in stores that become the subject of a violent crime. And too many teens get injured while operating meat slicing machines and dough mixers.