Examples of Common Hazards

Faced by Young Workers

CONSTRUCTION

MINING • Working at height

• Working with electricity
• Use of dangerous equipment, machinery and tools • Use of vibrating hand-held tools (e.g.pneumatic
• Working in hot and humid environments jackhammers, drills, gas-powered chain saws,
• Lifting and carrying heavy and/or awkward loads grinders, etc.)
• Exposure to chemicals, dust and toxic fumes (e.g. • Working below ground or near excavations
sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, etc.) • Exposure to chemicals, asbestos, silica,
• Exposure to loud noise isocyanates, lead
• Use of vibrating hand-held tools (e.g. pneumatic • Lifting and carrying heavy and/or unstable loads
rock drills and pick-hammers) • Repeated movements, uncomfortable positions
• Exposure to collapse or fall of rock • Slippery surfaces and untidy floors
• Working with explosives MINING CONSTRUCTION
• Working outdoors
• Working in remote areas (isolation, lack of social • Exposure to loud noise
support)
RETAIL
MANUFACTURING
• Monotonous repetitive work
• Use of dangerous equipment, machinery and tools • Use of cleaning solutions and disinfectants
(e.g. sharp objects) MANUFACTURING • Contact with customers (exposure to violence and
• Use of cleaning agents, natural rubber latex, harassment)
reactive chemicals • Use of dangerous equipment (e.g. box crushers,
• Working with electricity meat slicers, etc.)
• Exposure to loud noise • Moving and storing goods (e.g. objects falling,
• Working in hot and humid environments (e.g. iron,
RETAIL unsafe ladders, etc.)
steel, glass and rubber manufacturing) • Moving vehicles in delivery areas
• Slippery surfaces and untidy floors • Unsocial working time
• Repetitive tasks (production in line work) and
intense pace of work DOMESTIC WORK
• Awkward working posture (sitting or standing too
long/whole day) • Long working hours
• Work in isolation (exposure to violence,
TRANSPORT harassment and abuse)
• Excessive work demands
• Being struck by vehicles • Lifting and carrying heavy loads
• Regular exposure to shocks, low frequency • Use of household chemicals
whole-body vibration • Physically strenuous work
• Heavy lifting (loading and unloading of vehicles) DOMESTIC WORK • Poor ergonomic conditions
• Repetitive movements • Working with dangerous equipment and tools
• Exposure to noise (e.g. electric appliances, sharp knives, fires and
• Exposure to dangerous substances hot stoves)
• Long working hours
HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
AGRICULTURE
TRANSPORT HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES • Handling food (exposure to viruses such as
• Use of dangerous equipment, machinery and tools Salmonella, Rotavirus, E. coli, Hepatitis A)
(e.g. tractors, ladder, sharp objects, etc.) • Handling waste and contaminated materials
• Use of agrochemicals (e.g. pesticides, fertilisers, • Exposure to loud noise (pubs, discotheques or
etc.) concert venues)
• Working outdoors (exposure to UV radiations, hot, • Working in hot and humid environments
cold or humid environments) • Slippery surfaces and untidy floors
• Working with animals (exposure to bacteria,viruses • Use of cleaning solutions and disinfectants
and parasites) • Contact with people (exposure to violence and
• Handling waste and contaminated materials harassment)
(exposure to viruses, endotoxins, etc.)
• Lifting and carrying heavy and/or unstable loads HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
• Steep, wet, slippery terrain
• Exposure to loud noise • Contact with people (exposure to parasites,
• Long working days bacteria and viruses; violence and harassment)
• Lack of water and sanitation • Contact with blood and other bodily fluids
(exposure to blood-borne pathogens such as HIV
AGRICULTURE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM and hepatitis, needle stick injuries)
• Handling waste and contaminated materials
• Lifting and carrying heavy and/or unstable
loads/patients
• Slippery surfaces and untidy floors
• Use of cleaning solutions, disinfectants and
other chemicals

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