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

Workers in their teens and early 20s have a higher risk of workplace injury than older workers, and the risk is getting worse as some states relax labor laws. Better training and other strategies can help, a University of Iowa expert says.

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