Safe Work/Work Safe

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Safe Work/Work Safe

• Know your rights

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• Developed by Oyes - the Oregon Young Employee
  Safety Coalition.
• www.oregonyoungworkers.org
• Revised with permission for the California
  Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety
• www.youngworkers.org

California Partnership for Young Worker Health
Safety youngworkers.org
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• Have you or someone you know ever been injured on
  the job?

California Partnership for Young Worker Health
Safety youngworkers.org
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• 146,000 people under the age of 24 are injured at
  work each year
• 400 young workers are injured every day

City of Hayward, CA Population 145,800
Torrance, CA Population 145,900
Source National Institute for Occupational
Safety Health (NIOSH)
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Safety youngworkers.org
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• Many young worker injurieshappen in retail
  shops, grocery stores, and restaurants

Source http//www.oshainfo.gatech.edu/teen-techgu
ide.pdf
California Partnership for Young Worker Health
Safety youngworkers.org
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• Between 15 24 you are twice as likely to get
  injured on the job as everyone over 25

Source National Institute for Occupational
Safety Health (NIOSH)
California Partnership for Young Worker Health
Safety youngworkers.org
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What are some hazards in the workplace?
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• Your employers job is to provide

• Your Job is to

• A safe and healthy workplace
• Information on hazards in the workplace
• Training about health and safety

• Follow all safety procedures
• Report any health and safety hazards to a
  supervisor
• Keep work areas clean

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Safety youngworkers.org
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• Your employers job is to provide

• Your Job is to

• Training about emergency procedures
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Payment or medical care if you get hurt or sick
  at work

• Know what to do in an emergency
• Use personal protective equipment when required
• Ask questions when you feel uncertain or unsafe

California Partnership for Young Worker Health
Safety youngworkers.org
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What can we do about hazards at work?
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Employee rights

• The Right to
• Know about job hazards

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Employee rights

• The Right to
• Refuse dangerous work that you are unprepared to
  do safely

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Employee rights

• The Right to
• Participate and ask questions

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Speak Up!

• What are some questions you might want to ask
  about your job?

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Be specific

• Address the problem, not the person

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Be specific - Example

• She left this handle sticking out of the shelves
  and I almost fell over it and broke my neck!

• While I was carrying freight down the aisle, I
  almost tripped over this handle sticking out of
  the shelves.

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Offer a solution

• What or how could the safety or health hazard be
  changed?

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Be present

• Listen and ask for feedback

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Be sensitive/empathetic

• Show you care
• Offer suggestions
• use I believe or I think

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Your turn

• You are asked to close up shop by yourself, which
  youve never done before and you havent had
  training.

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Your turn

• You are told that because of staff shortage you
  will be driving a forklift. A co-worker tells you
  that you have to be 18 and trained to do this
  legally. You are 17.

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Your turn

• A co-worker is harassing you at work and making
  you feel uncomfortable.

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Safety youngworkers.org
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Resources

• Oyes http//www.oregonyoungworkers.org

California Partnership for Young Worker Health
Safety youngworkers.org