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Worker Safety Info >> For Employers
 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Designed to teach you about some of your rights and responsibilities
as an employee. Learn about different types of discrimination affecting
young workers and what you can do to help prevent discrimination
in the workplace.
http://www.youth.eeoc.gov
Youth@Work Fact Sheet - PDF
Youth@Work Fact Sheet in Spanish - PDF
Youth@Work Brochure - PDF
Youth@Work Brochure in Spanish - PDF
Youth@Work Bookmark - PDF
Youth@Work Bookmark in Spanish - PDF
Job Corps - U.S. Department of Labor
http://jobcorps.doleta.gov/
Information
Brochure (English, PDF 324KB)
Information
Brochure (Espanol, PDF 307KB)
OSHA Teen Workers
http://www.osha.gov/sltc/teenworkers/index.html
 Summer
is here!
And the hot and humid days put young workers at great risks for health problems.
Learn more from OSHA's
Teen Summer Jobs: $afety Pays.
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Employer/Young Worker Safety Checklist
Employers have a responsibility to provide safe and healthful workplaces
for their employees. To achieve this goal, it is important for each employer
to ensure that each employee, upon arriving in the workplace, is fully
briefed on the safety and health practices, hazards applicable to the
workplace, and means of protection against those hazards.
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NIOSH Youth Workers
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/youth/
Industrial Accident Prevention Association - Young Workers
http://www.iapa.ca/outreach_yw/yw_employer.asp
U. of Washington School of Environmental and
Occupational Health Sciences:
"This flexible curriculum for studetns in grades 9-12 provides teens with
basic information about workplace safety and health for those students who will
be working in non-agricultural jobs. The curriculum is appropriate for a wide
range of career and technical education courses. This flexible five-unit curriculum
is composed of age appropriate activities and lessons"
http://uwworksafe.com/worksafe/request/
National Youth Violence Prevention Center
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens.asp
Youngworkers.org - California Resource Network for Young
Workers' Safety and Health
http://www.youngworkers.org
YouthRules!
Launched by the U.S. Department of Labor to increase
public awareness of federal and state rules concerning young workers.
http://www.youthrules.dol.gov
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Tailgate Training
Tailgate training consists of short,
informal safety meetings conducted at the crew level on a periodic
and as-needed basis, by first line supervisors regarding
job-related hazards and safe work practices. Find out more
about how you can use these in your workplace.
http://www.dot.state.ny.us/progs/safety/sb-94-8a.html
OSHA Fact Sheets
Helpful aids in putting together small "toolbox" talks to your
employees on safety issues from back injuries, eye protection,
protective clothing and more.
View
fact sheets
OSHA eTools
eTools are "stand-alone," interactive, Web-based training tools
on occupational health and safety projects. They are highly
illustrated an utilize graphical menus. Some also use expert
system modules, which enable the user to answer questions,
and receive reliable advice on how OSHA regulations apply
to their worksite.
http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/oshasoft/index.html
Agricultural Tailgate Training Safety Modules
All modules are PDF files, available in both English and Spanish.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/atts/modules.html |
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