Hover your cursor over each image to learn more about dangerous jobs where children are not permitted to work. For more information and a complete list of jobs and tasks that are off-limits for kids, read our child-labor-related fact sheets.

Jun 2, 2016 · NCL’s Five Most Dangerous Jobs for Teens is updated annually using data from NIOSH, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CDC, and other sources. The report’s author is Reid Maki, NCL’s director of child labor advocacy and the coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition.

Jun 2, 2016 · The National Consumers League publishes its annual list of the Five Most Dangerous Jobs for Teens to help youth workers and parents understand that work often involves unexpected health and safety risks and that teenagers, parents, and employers can take steps to minimize those risks.

May 17, 2015 · NCL’s Five Most Dangerous jobs for working youth in 2015 are: Tobacco Harvester; Agriculture: Harvesting Crops and Using Machinery; Traveling Youth Sales Crews; Construction and Height Work; Outside Helper: Landscaping, Grounds keeping and Lawn Service; The Five Most Dangerous Jobs for Teens are not ranked in order.

Sep 18, 2023 · For Marcos Cux — and thousands of other migrant children — working dangerous jobs that violate child-labor laws is the only American dream there is. Late on a Thursday in February 2022,...

Jun 3, 2016 · The National Consumers League (NCL) provides its annual update of its Five Most Dangerous Jobs for Teens to help teenagers and their parents make safer job choices and to increase awareness of job dangers they may encounter. Each day in America, a teen is hurt on the job every 9 minutes.

Feb 2, 2023 · Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. still has child labor, but 2022 made it abundantly clear that we do, and stories in the news made it clear that conditions can be downright shocking. Here are 10 child labor stories or developments that indicate child labor in the U.S. is not something in the past.

Most child labor violations are related to working excessive hours, operating heavy machinery such as forklifts and meat-processing machines, or performing dangerous jobs like roofing or logging. While wage theft certainly happens to children, it is not the major issue it is for adults.

Mar 2, 2023 · Here are the 25 deadliest jobs: 1. Tree trimmers and pruners. This groundskeeping job has the highest rate of work-caused deaths and ranks 76th for nonfatal workplace injuries. The profession's...

Jul 27, 2023 · A troubling trend is brewing underneath America's strong employment market: more children are working in dangerous jobs, violating the nation's labor laws and putting their lives at risk.