Talking Safety

Teaching Young Workers About Job Safety and Health

NIOSH is pleased to present Youth@Work: Talking Safety, a foundation curriculum in occupational safety and health. This curriculum is the culmination of many years’ work by a consortium of partners dedicated to reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among youth.

This curriculum is meant to be used in a classroom or other group training setting, and has been customized for each state, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands to address their specific child labor rules and regulations.

The entire booklet includes instructions for teachers and a step-by-step guide for presenting the material.

Click on your state below

Alabama	Indiana	Nevada	Tennessee
Alaska	Iowa	New Hampshire	Texas
Arizona	Kansas	New Jersey	Utah
Arkansas	Kentucky	New Mexico	Vermont
California	Louisiana	New York	Virginia
Colorado	Maine	North Carolina	Washington
Connecticut	Maryland	North Dakota	West Virginia
Delaware	Massachusetts	Ohio	Wisconsin
District of Columbia	Michigan	Oklahoma	Wyoming
Florida	Minnesota	Oregon	Puerto Rico
Georgia	Mississippi	Pennsylvania	U.S. Virgin Islands
Hawaii	Missouri	Rhode Island
Idaho	Montana	South Carolina
Illinois	Nebraska	South Dakota

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Important note!
A new federal rule goes into effect July 19, 2010 that strengthens some child labor laws and updates federal child labor provisions to better reflect the modern workplace. These changes are not reflected in the current version/s of the Talking Safety curriculum. To find out more about the new rule, and how it affects young workers in your state, please visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s website: http://www.dol.gov/whd/childlabor.htm