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This comprehensive curriculum provides students with basic health and safety awareness skills that can be used in any workplace or classroom. The flexible curriculum is divided into four separate modules. Topics covered include identifying and controlling workplace hazards and legal rights for working teens. Lessons are interactive and include activities such as hazard mapping, role-playing, and games. Designed for grades 9-12.
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School Wood Shop Safety Web Site

This web site teaches students information about how to work with tools safely and about good shop safety practices. It also inlcudes resources for shop teachers.

This activity-based lesson introduces students to the basic concepts of ergonomics and how to prevent repetitive stress-related injuries. The lesson includes hands on activities to demonstrate ergonomics concepts when working with computers and ways to minimize injuries related to computer usage. Click here for ordering information.
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These pocket cards are designed for students to carry in their wallets. They include questions for teens to ask their employers about safety in the workplace and contact information for the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Click here for ordering information.
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"Teen Workers Have Two Jobs"
by WA State Dept. of Labor & Industries

"Young Workers in Agriculture" (Also available in Spanish)
by WA State Dept. of Labor & Industries

"Are You A Working Teen: What You Should Know About Safety and Health On The Job"
by NIOSH-National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Washington Department of Labor & Industries Help for Teen Workers
This site contains lots of information for teens, employers, parents and teachers regarding workers safety and health in Washington State.

Washington Department of Labor & Industries
This site contains information regarding various services L&I provides including employment standards and occupational health and safety regulations and workers' compensation.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Young Workers Website
Safety and health information for young workers.

Safety Tips for Teens
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO.

California Resource Network for Young Workers Health and Safety
Contains information on workplace rights and responsibilities, work hours and job restrictions, hazards on the job, ways to prevent job injuries, educational resources, factsheets, and ideas for how to work with others in your community to keep young workers healthy and safe on the job. The laws noted at this site are specific to California.

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration home page addresses job safety and health with branches for regulations/compliance, news rooms, outreach, libraries, and information on the organization itself.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Safety and health at work through research and prevention. Contains multiple services and links to other related web sites.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Young Workers Website
Safety and health information for young workers.

Safety Tips for Teens
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO.

Safe This Summer
Teen safety information for employers, parents, teachers, and students including fact sheets, posters, and graphs.

Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction home page discusses the transition from school to work with information regarding legislation, education, grants, and various reports. Washington Association for

Career and Technical Education (WA-ACTE)
This information site contains specific information related to career and technical education in Washington state.

Spanish Section - Washington Department of Labor & Industries
This site contains information on employment standards and occupational health and safety regulations and documents specific to the state of Washington.

Trabajadores jóvenes en la agricultura - Young Workers in Agriculture
WA State Dept. of Labor & Industries

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-Spanish Section
This NIOSH website includes job health and safety information and includes several Spanish language documents relevant to industries and occupations in which large numbers of Spanish speaking workers are employed.

AFL-CIO Spanish Language Safety and Health Resources
This site lists a variety of health, safety and labor related resources in Spanish.

Spanish Version - Health and Safety Awareness for Working Teens Pocket Cards
These pocket cards are designed for students to carry in their wallets. They include questions for teens to ask their employers about safety in the workplace and contact information for the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
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Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
National Academy Press
Washington, D.C. 1998