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OSHA News Release
2005 - 10/17/2005 - New Alliance Will Promote Safer and Healthier Workplaces for Young Workers |
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Trade News Release October 17, 2005 Contact: Elaine Fraser Phone: (202) 693-1999 New Alliance Will Promote Safer and Healthier Workplaces for Young Workers
WASHINGTON -- Fostering safer and healthier workplaces for young workers is the goal of a new Alliance signed today between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and SkillsUSA. Through the Alliance agreement, OSHA and SkillsUSA will work together to provide career and technical educators and their students with materials, guidance, and access to training resources that will positively impact the occupational safety and health of young workers. "It is important to educate our nation's youngest workforce about safety and health hazards in the work environment," said Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jonathan L. Snare. "The sooner they learn, the more aware they will be of hazards and ways to avert those hazards. A quality work experience is the result." Added SkillsUSA Executive Director Tim Lawrence: "A lifetime of career success counts on worker safety. It's essential to any job. That's why career and technical education, and SkillsUSA, stress safety and safe working practices to our students. SkillsUSA is enthusiastic about our alliance with OSHA. We look forward to helping our instructors in over 140 occupational areas reach their students with OSHA expertise." OSHA and SkillsUSA will provide expertise in developing information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards and on ways of communicating such information (e.g., print and electronic media, online forums, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA's and SkillsUSA's Web sites) to educators, employers and young workers. Alliance members will promote the national dialogue on workplace safety and health by participating in forums, roundtable discussions and stakeholder meetings on young worker safety and health issues to help forge innovative solutions to hazards in the workplace. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving more than 279,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled and service occupations. Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA's role is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual process improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov. # # #
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