Many teen workers are starting their first jobs. Congratulations! And they’re probably more focused on how to spend their paychecks than on job safety issues. If you have teens working over the summer, you should check out the safety campaign posted online by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this past April. OSHA’s safety campaign was developed to help educate both teens and employers on workplace hazards and identify ways to ensure teen safety on-the-job. The Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign is a multi-year project that will focus on industries in which teens are likely to work during their high school and college years. This year targets the landscaping industry.
OSHA has published a resource kit you can download at: www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/index.html.