Every minute of every day, a child laborer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or trauma, the International Labor Organization said.
An estimated 115 million children worldwide work in hazardous jobs. That figure represents more than half of the world's roughly 215 million child laborers, who work in everything from mining and construction to agriculture and manufacturing.
Children have higher rates of injury and death at work, as compared to adults, and can be particularly vulnerable as their bodies and minds are still developing.
Perhaps the greatest indictment of this Frankenstein society is the way it treats the most vulnerable group of all - the world's children
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