Protecting Temporary Workers: Best Practices for Host Employers

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Occupational Research Agenda Services Sector Council ; American Society for Safety Professionals ; American Staffing Association ; Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention Program
• Description:
  This document provides a set of best practices for host employers to follow to better protect the safety and health of temporary workers. The best practices are organized into three sections: Evaluation and contracting; Training for temporary workers and their worksite supervisors; and Injury and illness reporting, response, and recordkeeping. The best practices are applicable across industries and occupations. The document also includes scenarios to provide examples of how the best practices might be implemented as well as checklists for each of the three sections that can be printed or completed electronically. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Employment Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Occupational safety and health; Worker health; Worker safety; Temporary workers; Training; Recommendations; Safety practices
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2022-126, 2022 Jul; :1-20
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2022126
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065564
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:649bdb3a2189475624305799d563802c1271428fcd4eea0e020f8ca4e69150004e92b8d61c9cde8f0c6161367fa7980b1f6299a7442139fd11609e1b39183501
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118991/cdc_118991_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.17 MB ]