What is Safety Awareness? It’s a responsibility, a commitment, an obligation. It’s common sense, teamwork and safe work procedures. It’s recognizing hazards and showing a willingness to act to control any hazard present.
Do you have young workers in your workplace? Do they take safety as seriously as they should? Do you have proper training in place?
Young workers are more likely to be injured on the job than experienced workers, and those injuries are most likely to occur in their first few months of work. But it doesn’t have to be that way. By understanding their rights and responsibilities at work, young workers can be safe workers too.
This video highlights your 3 workplace rights and responsibilities as it follows Aiden, a young worker, through his first few days of work. Unfortunately for Aiden, he didn’t know why safety mattered, and ended up paying the price.
