Every five days, one teen is killed on the job. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety, there are about 70 work-related fatalities per year among this youth population. More than 200,000 young workers are injured on the job, and 70,000 of them require emergency room or hospital treatment. Further, youth workers continue to have the highest rates of work-related deaths. Injuries and illnesses easily double and in some cases triple that for any other age category.
The goal of the CareerSafe program is to teach younger workers how to stay safe in the workplace and begin to prepare these young men and women for a safe and prosperous future in their chosen career. By providing entry-level workers, particularly high school and college students, with fundamental safety knowledge needed in the workplace, this program brings the significance of safety to the forefront. Additionally, it seeks to challenge society to affirm the value of life by joining efforts to reduce workplace injuries and fatalities suffered by this at-risk working population.
This program is an online version of the 5-hour and 10-hour OSHA certification card for General Industry. It can be taught by a teacher in a whole-class instruction setting or can be assigned to students as an online assignment. School districts purchase vouchers for students and upon successful completion of the online course, students are awarded either a 5-hour or 10-hour OSHA certification card (via mail).
