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Young Worker Safety and Health

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Young Worker Safety and Health
 
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Electrical Safety: Safety and Health for Electrical Trades Student Manual
This student manual is part of a safety and health curriculum for secondary and post-secondary electrical trades courses. The manual is designed to engage the learner in recognizing, evaluating, and controlling hazards associated with electrical work.

Youth@Work: Talking Safety Curriculum
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-136
Curriculum in occupational safety and health that can be used in classroom or other group training settings. The curriculum has been customized for each state and Puerto-Rico to address state-specific rules and regulations, and includes instructions for teachers and a step-by-step guide for presenting the material.

NIOSH Safety Checklist Program For Schools
en Espanol
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-101 (October 2003)
In one easy-to-read source, the Safety Checklist Program provides information needed by schools to maintain safe classrooms, shops, and labs for teachers and students in career-technical education. This information can also be used by colleges and universities with occupational safety and health programs.

Are You A Working Teen? What You Should Know About Safety and Health On the Job - FACTS
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-132 (1997)
en Espanol
Document targeted to teen workers that answers questions about teen worker rights, hazard recognition, as well as regulations on the hours teens are permitted to work by law.

Other Teacher Resource Web Sites

Don't Be a Zombie at Work Game
This is a free, interactive, online computer game designed to help teens be more aware of hazards in the workplace. It features the imaginary evil BodgeDab industries. Players help their co-workers avoid becoming a "zombie" by finding tools and information from embedded EHS professionals to stay safe on the job. Instructions and quizzes are provided throughout the game.

Outreach and Educator Resources: Dangerous Decibels (DVD)
This is a multilayered introduction to how we hear (simple or more complex versions), what decibels are, types of hearing loss, how to protect ears, tinnitus (short or fuller version with testimonial), and more.

 

Page last updated: August 26, 2009
Page last reviewed: August 26, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Safety Research