Title: Young Worker Responses to Workplace Hazards, Responsibility for Safety and Workplace Injuries Across Time
Category: Changing Nature of Work and Work Environment
Subcategory: Changing Nature of Work and Work Environment
Issue:
This project will explore how young workers respond to hazards in the workplace.
Objectives:
• To increase knowledge about the way young worker safety attitudes, safety behaviors and workplace injuries change over time
• To identify predictors that influence taking responsibility for safety, including parental attitudes, quality of job supervision and characteristics of the work performed
Anticipated Results:
This study will provide information that will assist in the design of injury prevention and safety awareness programs for young workers
Investigators:
Sean Tucker (University of Regina)
Year Funded: 2010
Budget: $92,390
Funding Agency: Workers’ Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB)
Link to research website:
Keywords: young workers, health and safety, workplace hazards, prevention, safety awareness programs
