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Young Workers - Landscaping: Plant Your Feet on Safe Ground! - Overview

Young Workers - Landscaping: Plant Your Feet on Safe Ground! - Overview

Overview

OSHA wants you to enjoy working in the landcare industry and be safe on the job. This page provides young workers with some safety working tips in the areas of general safety, and recommendations to prevent injury from sun-ultraviolet radiation-heat, pesticides, electrical hazards, noise and injuries to the eye. The following are tips and resources for general safety:

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), National Chicken Council (NCC), and the National Turkey Federation (NTF)

Through the Alliance, OSHA, USPOULTRY, NCC, and NTF (“Poultry Industry Alliance Participants”) will work together to provide Poultry Industry Alliance Participants’ members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposures related to peracetic acid, repetitive trauma injuries, and other prevalent chemical and physical hazards in the poultry industry.

United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC (IATSE)

OSHA, USITT, and IATSE are committed to providing USITT and IATSE members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). Through the Alliance, the Participants will continue to address fall, electrical, ergonomic, and other hazards present in the entertainment industry.

Specific goals and objectives of this Alliance are:

National Safety Council (NSC)

OSHA and NSC continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to improve safety and health practices and programs in American workplaces, and commit to continue their work together through an Alliance Program Ambassador relationship. 

In recognition of this ongoing commitment, OSHA will continue to foster an active relationship with NSC by:

National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)

OSHA and NALP continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to improve safety and health practices and programs in American workplaces, and commit to continue their work together through an Alliance Program Ambassador relationship.

In recognition of this ongoing commitment, OSHA will continue to foster an active relationship with NALP by: