Going to work can be especially dangerous for younger workers.

Because of their inexperience, the types of jobs they're in and failures by employers to provide adequate safety measures and training, this group "face high risk of injury while on the job,” according to a new study by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

From 1998-2007, younger workers experienced approximately twice as many nonfatal occupational injuries as older workers, and employers must make changes in workplace environments and practices to protect this population, according to the April 23 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The report also has some interesting findings about workplace fatality rates among older and younger workers and Hispanic workers.