Young Worker Safety and Health Network

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Who Are We?
The Young Worker Safety & Health Network is an organization of individuals who have, as a common goal, the safety of youth in the workplace. The Network was founded at the 1997 American Public Health Association Conference in New York City. This group is comprised of researchers, educators, medical specialists, pediatricians, government and other interested persons. We work to ensure our youth have safe and healthy workplace experiences that support positive educational and age-appropriate experiences. Basically, we want America's working youth to grow up healthy, have positive education and career experiences, and become ideal contributors to our society. To accomplish this mission, our youth must remain safe in their working environs.

OSHA is committed to protecting the health and safety of all U.S. workers. As young people enter the workplace, they should be aware of safety and health issues. OSHA has placed this section on its website in an effort to facilitate this work.

Mission Statement:
The mission of the Young Worker Safety and Health Network (YWSHN) is to serve as a networking vehicle for professionals to assist each other in developing and taking a comprehensive approach to protecting young workers. The focus of the Network is youth under 18 years of age. A comprehensive approach targets and involves youth, parents, employers, educators, unions and relevant public and private agencies, and includes training and education, creation of a safe work environment, and passage and enforcement of effective laws.

Work can be a positive experience building esteem, instilling good work habits, and be financially rewarding at a young age. But it can also be a negative experience if youth are put at risk for work-related injuries or illnesses, sexual harassment or wage/hour violations. They may also work long hours that interfere with school work and other age-appropriate activities. The Network acknowledges that these conditions exist for many young workers and steps must be taken to ameliorate them.

Our Goals:

Advocate for adequate resources and leadership to implement the recommendations contained in the IOM report, "Protecting Youth at Work."*
Promote and share products and materials developed for educational purposes.
Promote public awareness of the unique characteristics and needs of teen workers and how to protect them.
Promote and share research that:
1. further clarifies the scope and specifics of the problem;
2. allows practice and policy to be set based on scientific evidence; and
3. evaluates interventions to reduce the problem.
Advocate for protective child labor laws in each state and at the national level.

*Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States. Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor, Board on Children, Youth and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988.

What Do We Do?
The Network operates as an informational tool for anyone who has a need or interest. Some members work on research projects in schools, workplaces and government agencies. Others draft model curriculums for schools to implement, primarily in vocational areas. Some provide data for use when sponsors are drafting laws or regulations. Many generate informational pieces for use by youth, parents, educators, employers, government agencies, advocacy groups and anyone else requesting assistance.

For Information:
If you have any need for information or assistance, please contact any Network member or their organization for assistance. Below we have included names, affiliations, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses where available. Please feel free to contact any of us for help. We will be pleased to assist you. The current co-chairs of the Network are Diane Bush (dbush@uclink4.berkley.edu) and Mary Miller (mmar235@lni.wa.gov).

The Network operates an email system referred to as a listserve. Use of this mail list allows us to generate immediate communication to serve the Network's needs and goals. If you would like to subscribe to the listserve, change your existing e-mail address, delete your e-mail address from the list, or add someone else to the list, please e-mail Guifeng Gin at gjin@email.unc.edu and she can make the changes to the list. If you are interested in communicating to subscribers of the listserve, all you need to do is to address your Internet e-mail message to: youthwrk@listserv.oit.unc.edu. The Network is much indebted to the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center for their assistance in keeping up this listserve.

YOUNG WORKER SAFETY AND HEALTH NETWORK

Membership of individuals in the network does not necessarily connote agreement with, or endorsement of
discussions and work conducted by the network, by the agencies for whom the individuals work.

Henry Anderson, MD Chief Medical Officer Wisconsin Division of Public Health 1 W. Wilson Street, Room 150 Madison, WI 53702 Email: anderha@dhfs.state.wi.us	Suzanne Mager, JD Washington Dept. of Labor and Industries P.O. Box 44001 Olympia, WA 98504-4001 Telephone: (360) 902-4208 Fax: (360) 902-4202 Email: mage235@lni.wa.gov
Colleen Baker Director Division of Labor Standards P.O. Box 449 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Telephone: (573) 751-3403 Ext. 252 Fax: (573) 751-3721 Email: cbaker@dolir.state.mo.us	Chris Miara, MS Project Manager Northeast Young Worker Network Education Development Center 55 Chapel St Newton, MA 02458 Telephone: (617) 969-7100 Ext: 2238 Fax: (617) 244-3436 527- 4096 Email: cmiara@edc.org
Robin Baker, MPH Director Labor Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley 2223 Fulton, 4th Floor Berkeley, CA 94720-5120 Telephone: (510) 643-8900 Fax: (510) 643-5698 Email: rbaker@uclink4.berkeley.edu	Mary Miller, MN, RN Washington Department of Labor and Industries Employment Standards P.O. Box 44510 Olympia, WA 98504-4510 Telephone: (360) 902-6041 Fax: (360) 902-5300 Email: mmar235@lni.wa.gov
Phil Berger Martin School of Public Policy and Administration 425 Patterson Office Tower University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0027 Telephone: (606) 257-5741 Fax: (606) 323-1937 Email: PUB711@pop.uky.edu	Terry Moen Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services Bureau of Occupational Health, Room B157, PO Box 2659 Madison WI 53701-2659 Telephone: (608) 266-8579 Email: moente@dhfs.state.wi.us
Adenike Bitto Epidemiologist and Professor of Health East Stroudsburg University Health Department P O Box 155 East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 Telephone: (570) 422-3375 Email: adenike.2doc@usa.net	Priscah Mujuru RN. MPH Research Assistant Professor West Virginia University Community Medicine Morgantown, WV 26506-9190 Telephone: (304)293-1447 Fax: (304)293-2629
Mike Bowling, PhD Research Assistant Professor University of North Carolina School of Public Health Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education Injury Prevention Research Center, CB# 7505 Chase Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505 Telephone: (919) 966-7021 Fax: (919) 966-0466 E-mail:jbowling@email.unc.edu	North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project P O Box 2514 Durham, NC 27715 Telephone: (919) 286-9249 Fax: (919) 286-4857 Email: ncosh@igc.org Website: www.ncosh.org
Marianne Brown, MPH Director Labor Occupational Safety & Health Program University of California at Los Angeles Hershey Hall P O Box 951478 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1478 Telephone: (310) 794-5977 & (310) 794-5964 Fax: (310) 794-6403 Email: mpbrown@ucla.edu Website: www.losh.ucla.edu	Susan O'Brien Assistant Director NYCOSH 275 7th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Telephone: (212) 627-3900 Fax: (212) 627-9812 Email: sobrien@nycosh.org
Nellie Brown, MS CIH Director, Workplace Health and Safety Program Cornell University - ILR Lead Programs Manager Certified Industrial Hygienist Certified Mold Assessor 237 Main Street, Suite 1200 Buffalo, NY 14203 Telephone: (716) 852-1444 Ext.111 Fax: (716) 852-3802 Email: NJB7@cornell.edu	John Palassis, CIH, CSP, CHMM National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division 4676 Columbia Pkwy. Cincinnati, OH 45226 Telephone: (513) 533-8136 Fax: (513) 533-8230 Email: jop1@cdc.gov
Diane Bush, MPH Project Coordinator, Young Worker Project Labor Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley 2223 Fulton, 4th Floor Berkeley, CA 94720-5120 Telephone: (510) 643-2424 Fax: (510) 643-5698 Email: dbush@uclink4.berkeley.edu	David Parker, MD 2808 River Parkway West Minneapolis, MN 55406 Telephone: (612) 729-3044 Email: parke065@umn.ede
Larry Chapman Senior ScientistUniversity of Wisconsin Biological Systems Engineering Department 460 Henry Hall Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: (608) 241-0078 & (608) 241-7408 Fax: (608) 262-1228 Email: ljchapman@facstaff.wisc.edu	Susan Pollack, MD Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center 333 Waller Avenue, Suite 202 Lexington, KY 40504 Telephone: (859) 257-4954 Fax: (859) 257-3909 Email: shpoll@uky.edu
Dawn N. Castillo Division of Safety Research National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 1095 Willowdale Road, MS H-1808 Morgantown, WV 26505 Telephone: (304) 285-6012 Fax: (304) 285-5774 Email: dcastillo@cdc.gov	Kimberly Rauscher, MA University of Massachusetts, Lowell Work Environment Dept., Kitson 200 One University Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 Email: kimberly_rauscher@uml.edu
Janet Abboud Dal Santo, Dr PH Project Director Injury Prevention Research Center University of North Carolina CB #7505 Chase Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505 Telephone: (919) 966-5725 Fax: (919) 966-0466 Email: dalsanto@email.unc.edu	Pete Rimsans Deputy Commissioner Indiana Department of Labor 402 W. Washington St. Room W 195 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Telephone: (317) 232-2655 Fax: (317) 233-3790 Email: primsans@dol.state.in.us
Tish Davis, ScD Director Occupational Health Surveillance Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health 250 Washington St, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Telephone: (617) 624-5621 Fax: (617) 624-5696 Email: Letitia.davis@state.ma.us	Carol Runyan, PhD Director, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center Professor, Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics University of North Carolina Chase Hall, CB 7505 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505 Telephone: (919) 966-2251 Fax: (919) 966-0466 Email: carol_runyan@unc.edu
Robin Dewey Labor Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley University of California 2223 Fulton, 4th Floor Berkley, CA 94720-5120 Telephone: (510) 642-2477 Fax: (510) 643-5698<br> Email: rdewey@uclink4.berkeley.edu	Ted Scharf, PhD Research Psychologist Work Organization and Stress Research Section National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health U.S. Public Health Service 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS/C-24 Cincinnati, OH 45220 Telephone: (513) 533-8170 Fax: (513) 533-8596 Email: tscharf@cdc.gov Website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
Khesha Duncan School to Career - Child Labor Coordinator Missouri Division of Labor Standards 3315 W. Truman Blvd., Room 205 P. O. Box 449 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Telephone: (573) 751-3403 Fax: (573) 751-3721	Barry Schlegel, MAT, MS, CIH Project Manager for Safe Schools University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute Public Education/Risk Communication 681 Frelinghuysen Rd., Rm. 236 Piscataway, NJ 08855-1179 Telephone: (732) 445-0920 Fax: (732) 445-0122 Email: schlegba@umdnj.edu Website: www.eohsi.rutgers.edu/ss
Bridget Flory Department of Labor and Industries PO BOX 44321 Olympia, WA & 985044321 Telephone: (360) 902-4781 Email: flor235@lni.wa.gov	Michael D. Schulman, Ph.D. Professor and Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor North Carolina State University Adjunct Professor Department of Health Behavior and Health Education UNC-School of Public Health Dept of Sociology 337 1911 Building Box 8107 Raleigh, NC 27695-8107 Telephone: (919) 515-9016 Fax: (919) 515-2610 Email: Michael_Schulman@ncsu.edu
Susan Gallagher, MPH Senior Scientist Children's Safety Network Education Development Center 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458 Telephone: (617) 618-2206 Fax: (617) 969-9186 Email: sgallagher@edc.org Website: www.childrenssafetynetwork.org	Joel Shufro Executive Director New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 275 7th Ave., 8th Floor New York, NY 10001 Telephone: (212) 627-3900 ext. 15 Email: jshufro@nycosh.org
Susan Garman Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Division of Public Health Bureau of Occupational Health 1 West Wilson Street, Room B157 P O Box 2659 Madison, WI 53701-2659 Telephone: (608) 267-3256 Email: garmasj@dhfs.state.wi.us	Diane Silva Investigator U.S. Dept. of Labor, Wage & Hour Division 2800 Cottage Way, Room # W-1836 Sacramento, CA 95825 Telephone: (916) 978-4396 Fax: (916) 978-6125
Abby Ginzberg Ginzberg Video Productions 1136 Evelyn Avenue Albany, CA 94706 Telephone: (5l0) 528-9116 Fax: (5l0) 528-28l0 Email: abbyginz@aol.com	Ray Sinclair Health Communications Researcher National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 4676 Columbia Pkwy. Cincinnati, OH 45226 Telephone: (513) 533-8172 Fax: (513) 533-8560 Email: rsinclair@cdc.gov
Marcy Goldstein - Gelb Executive Director MassCOSH 12 Southern Ave. Dorchester, MA 02124 Telephone: (617) 825-7233 Ext. 15 Email: marcy.gelb@masscosh.org	Susan M. Smith Associate Professor Health, Safety and Exercise Science The University of Tennessee Telephone: (865) 974-1108 Fax: (865) 974-6439 Email: smsmith@utk.edu Website: http://hss.he.utk.edu/safety/1index2.htm
Alyce Gowdy Wright NCDSH P. O. Box 2514 Durham, NC 27715 Telephone: (919) 286-9249 Fax: (919) 286-4857 Email: ncosh@igc.org	Laura Stock, MPH Assistant Director Labor Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley 2223 Fulton, 4th floor Berkeley, CA 94720-5120 Telephone: (510) 642-5056 Fax: (510) 643-5698 Email: lstock@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Monte Jordan, MS Supervising Investigator, Wage & Hour Administration State of Alaska, Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development 675 Seventh Ave. Fairbanks, AK 99701 Telephone: (907) 451-2869 Fax: (907) 451-2885 Email: monte_jordan@labor.state.ak.us	Anthony Suruda, MD MPH P O Box 859 Telluride, CO 81435-0859 Telephone: (970) 369-0675 Email: tonysuruda@aol.com
Art Kerschner, Jr. U.S. DOL Wage and Hour 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S3518 Washington, DC 20210 Telephone: (202) 693-0072 Fax: (202) 693-1432 Email: art@fenix2.dol-esa.gov	Betty Szudy Labor Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley 2223 Fulton, 4th Floor Berkeley, CA 94720-5120 Telephone: (510) 643-8901 Fax: (510) 643-5698 Email: bszudy@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Laurie Kominski, MSW Director, Youth Project UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program Hershey Hall P O Box 951478 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1478 Telephone: (310) 794-5992 Fax: (310) 794-6403 Email: lauriek@ucla.edu Website: www.losh.ucla.edu	Jeanette Tierney Occupational Health Nurse DHFS/DPH/Bureau of Occupational Health PO Box 2659 Room B157, 1 W. Wilson Madison WI 53701 Telephone: (608) 266-7298 Fax: (608) 266-1550 Email: tiernjm@dhfs.state.wi.us
Tyler A. Kress, Ph.D. The University of Tennessee 416 Neyland Stadium East Knoxville, TN 37996 (865) 974-3982 Email: kress@utk.edu	Linda Treiber, RN, MS North Carolina State University Box 8107 Dept. Sociology and Anthropology Raleigh, NC 27695-8107 Telephone: (919) 513-0287 Fax: (919) 515-2610 Email: latreibe@server.sasw.ncsu.edu
Lynne Lamstein Director, Outreach and Education Bureau of Labor Standards Maine Department of Labor 45 State House Street Augusta, ME 04333 Telephone: (207) 624-6465 Fax: (207) 624-6449 Email: lynne.c.lamstein@state.maine.us Website: www.safeteen.org	Ellen Widess Senior Program Officer Rosenberg Foundation 47 Kearny Street, Suite 804 San Francisco, CA 94107 Telephone: (415) 421-6105 Email: ewidess@rosenbergfdn.org
Barbara Lee, RN, PhD National Children's Center for Rural/Agricultural Safety 1000 N. Oak Ave Marshfield, WI 54449 Telephone: (715) 389-4999 Fax: (715) 389-4996 Email: leeb@mmrf.mfldclin.edu	John Wooding, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Regional Economic and Social Developement 500B O'Leary Library 61 Wilder Street Lowell, MA 01854 Telephone: (978) 934-4257 Fax:(978) 934-4028 Email: John_Wooding@uml.edu www.uml.edu/Dept/RESD
Darren Linker Community Outreach & Education Program University of Washington 4225 Roosevelt Way NE #100 Seattle, WA 98105-6099 Telephone: (206) 616-7566 Email: dlinker@u.washington.edu Website: http://depts.washington.edu/worksafe	Karen Zukas Manager, Strategic Initiatives Prevention Division Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia< Telephone: (604) 276-5159 Fax: (604) 207-1478 Email: kzukas@wcb.bc.ca


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