September 2007
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2007-136
Updated August 2010
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.
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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
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