Can You Dig It? A Safety & Health Guide for Young Workers in Landscaping, Greenhouses, & Nurseries

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• Corporate Authors:
  FedNet ; NASDAF
• Description:
  This guide was created especially for young workers in the landscaping, greenhouse, and nursery industries. It provides important information about how to work safely, such as how to protect yourself from pesticides, heat stress, electrocution, and slips and trips. It also outlines what rights you have as a young worker. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Electric Injuries Electricity Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Electrical-safety Electrocutions Heat-exhaustion Heat-exposure Heat-stress Heat-stroke Lawn-and-garden-equipment Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Materials-handling Noise-exposure Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Surveillance

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• Publisher:
  National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033057
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, 2007 Jan; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Can you dig it? A safety & health guide for young workers in landscaping, greenhouses, & nurseries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb67cf8124608f05e41a837cc518aa2c32158f5cf9eb83518a5c9118c48a30783505e1e779a60c6db277fd34c856b3ca750dec052e8a4c96db63d7d8fa5ab76d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188777/cdc_188777_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.80 MB ]