(From OHSOnline.com) According to the American Society of Safety Engineers, in 2007, a
total of 117 teens under the age of 18 died from work-related injuries
and another 77,000 teen workers were hurt badly enough to end up in
hospital emergency rooms. NIOSH says that nationally about 230,000
teens suffer work-related injuries, with most of those injuries
occurring in the retail or service industries. Overall, close to 6,000
workers die from on-the-job injuries and 4.4 million more suffer from
injuries and illnesses in the U.S. alone.
To help prevent such injuries and reduce such numbers, and to
illustrate how SH&E professionals contribute to that effort, the
ASSE this week launched an interactive online computer game called
"Don't be a Zombie at Work." Located at www.dontbeazombieatwork.org
and free to play, the new game features an imaginary evil corporation.
Players find themselves helping their co-workers avoid becoming a
"zombie" by finding tools and information from embedded SH&E
professionals to stay safe on the job.
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