State Partner Meetings

The YWSRC (Young Worker Safety Resource Center) has been working actively with 19 states to provide training materials and technical assistance on young worker health and safety. State partners are convened each year to learn about exciting new initiatives at the national level and to share their materials, activities, successes, and challenges in promoting workplace safety for youth.

2009 September, Newton, MA

• Meeting Notes (PDF)
  
• PowerPoint Presentations and Materials
  • A. State Law Child Labor Updates (PDF)
    Mary E. Miller, MN, RN, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
  • B. Federal Enforcement of the Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (PDF)
    Art Kerschner, Jr., Branch of Child Labor and Special Employment Enforcement, U.S. Department of Labor
  • C. New York’s Young Worker Safety and Health Project & “Passport To Safety” (PDF)
    Susan McQuade, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)
  • D. Ontario's Ministry of Labour's Young Worker Health and Safety Intiative (PDF)

2008 September, Newton, MA

• Meeting Notes (PDF)
  

2007 May, Hartford, CT

• Meeting Notes (PDF)
  
• PowerPoint Presentations
  • Young Worker Safety: Update on National Statistics (PowerPoint) (Flash)
    Dawn Castillo, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • School injury data reports: New Jersey Department of Education (PowerPoint) (Flash)
    Jennifer Campbell, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
  • Update on OSHA's 11 (PowerPoint) (Flash)
    Diane Bush, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley
  • Work-related Injuries to Young Workers (PowerPoint) (Flash)
    Finding data: Statistics and Stories
    Tish Davis, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Mass. Department of Public Health
  • Workplace Health and Safety Training for Workers with Developmental Disabilities (PowerPoint) (Flash)
    Robin Dewey, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley
  • Who is looking out for YOUR safety? (PowerPoint) (Flash)
    A strategic plan to decrease teen occupational injuries through increased teen communication with supervisors.
    Beatriz Pazos, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Mass. Department of Public Health
    

2006 November, Boston, MA

• Meeting Notes (PDF)
• Participant List (PDF)
  

2006 Conference Calls

State partners requested ongoing discussion throughout the year. Two conference calls were held with state partners in 2006, one to discuss whether the OSHA-10 course is appropriate for young workers, and another to share models for institutionalizing young worker training at the state level. 

Click here to download a summary of the two calls.

2005 December

The YWSRC (Young Worker Safety Resource Center) has been working actively with 14 states to provide training materials and technical assistance on young worker health and safety.  State partners were convened in December 2005 to discuss how they are reaching youth with information on occupational safety and health. 

Click here to download a copy of the proceedings.

Contact Diane Bush or Chris Miara if you are interested in participating in future calls.