Young workers are more likely to get hurt on the job. Employers can help prevent that.

A young woman serves customers at a Logan Square cafe. Young workers in their teens and early 20s are more likely to get hurt on the job, a University of Iowa researcher says. (Getty)

Think about your first job. Maybe it was delivering pizza, bagging groceries, busing tables or doing landscaping work. Did you get enough training to avoid potential injuries? Chances are, you didn’t, and your boss or supervisor just told you to get to work.

Employing young people helps them in many ways. They can learn a trade, develop job skills, become more responsible and earn money. But there’s danger, too: Americans between 15 and 24 years old are up to 2.3 times more likely to get injured on the job than workers who are 25 and over.