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Young Worker Exposure Prevention Series
This series of guides, for teachers, employers, and young workers, raises awareness of the occupational exposure hazards that put young workers at risk of injury and disease.
Which guides are right for you?
Educators - If you are a career educator, or if you teach Planning 10, Applied Skills, or technology education, download or order the educator's guide to learn more about how youth respond to workplace exposures and how you can help raise awareness of the hazards they face. Depending on your students' needs, you may also want the corresponding young worker exposure handouts. There is a general young worker exposure handout relevant to all industries, as well as specific handouts on asbestos exposure and silica dust exposure.
Employers - If you employ young workers or sponsor apprentices, download or order the employer guides to learn more about exposure risks facing young workers and your role in preventing injuries and illnesses associated with exposure. There are three employer handouts: one relevant to young worker exposures in all industries, plus specific handouts on asbestos and silica dust exposures. Depending on your industry and jobs that your young workers perform, you may also be interested in the accompanying young worker handouts on the same topics.
Young Workers - If you are a young worker, download or order the young worker guides to learn about exposure risks in your workplace, as well as your rights and responsibilities.
For Educators
Young workers: Keeping them safe from exposure to workplace hazards (An educator's guide)
This document offers information to teachers about exposure hazards facing youth at work and includes lesson plan resources and tools to help communicate exposure hazards to students and apprentices.
Download (PDF 592 KB)
For Employers
Young workers: Keeping them safe from exposure to workplace hazards (An employer's guide)
This document offers strategies and resources to help employers prevent young worker exposure to asbestos in the workplace. It includes information about the risks associated with asbestos and offers links to safety talks, videos, and print resources.
Download (PDF 612 KB)
Young workers: Keeping them safe from exposure to asbestos (An employer's guide)
This document offers strategies and resources to help employers prevent young worker exposure to asbestos in the workplace. It includes information about the risks associated with asbestos and offers links to safety talks, videos, and print resources.
Download (PDF 570 KB)
For Young Workers
Exposure to workplace hazards might be making you sick...you just don't know it yet
This document provides young workers with information about exposure risks in the workplace and highlights their rights and responsibilities. It includes information about the kind of work that puts them at risk and what they should do if they think they are not being properly protected from exposures.
Download (PDF 548 KB)
The jobsite might be making you sick...you just don't know it yet (How to protect yourself from exposure to asbestos)
This document provides young workers with information about the risk of asbestos exposure at work and highlights their rights and responsibilities. It includes information about the kind of work that puts them at risk and what they should do if they think they are not being properly protected from asbestos.
Download (PDF 467 KB)
The jobsite might be making you sick...you just don't know it yet (How to protect yourself from exposure to silica dust)
This document provides young workers with information about the risk of silica dust exposure at work and highlights their rights and responsibilities. It includes information about the kind of work that puts them at risk and what they should do if they think they are not being properly protected from silica dust.
Download (PDF 481 KB)
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