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Good Thinking!
Many employers have come up with innovative ways to encourage teen worker safety.
Here are a few of the ideas that have proved successful:
- Post signs that say "STOP: You must be 18 to operate or clean this
equipment" on equipment minors cannot use, available from SafetyWorks!
- Use the curriculum "Starting
Safely: Teaching Youth about Workplace Safety & Health" available
from SafetyWorks!
- Issue employees under 18 different colored uniforms so supervisors can easily
tell if they are performing unauthorized tasks.
- Assign each new teen worker a buddy or mentor, who answers questions, helps
give hands-on training and offers safety tips.
- Develop a computerized scheduling program to ensure that teens under age
16 aren't scheduled for too many hours during school weeks.
- Have young workers act out specific health and safety problems and then
come up with solutions.
