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That's right, an Australian 20-year-old thought it would be a hoot to drive his hoon forklift at top speed backwards with the rear wheels off the ground, performing burnouts, and crashing into a concrete pipe...

That was dumb. Deadly dumb.

He then proudly loaded the video onto YouTube... no, really.

That was dumber still.

The organization also surveyed youth in British Columbia, where they found 3.5 percent of tweens and early teens get hurt at work.

The rate of work-related injuries in this age group is comparable to  that of 15- to 24-year-olds, the study showed. Work injuries were reported by six per cent of youth surveyed in Ontario and 3.5 per cent in B.C.

I am still reeling from watching BloodyLucky.ca - very upsetting short videos showing young lady with serious burns from chemicals splashed on her face, a deli worker slicing his finger off, a shoe sales girl falling backwards off a ladder... I couldn't get past that. Do I suggest you watch them? Bloody right, I do, and show them to your teenager who's new in the working world... please. Just don't do so just after they, or you, have eaten.

I love how the word about workplace safety and health - about getting respect as employees - is spreading through the power of Facebook! More and more concerned parents, teens, workers, employers from all walks of life are joining our FB group! We have 62 members now - and that's only in 3 months.