New and Young Workers: Stay Safe on the Job

By law, you have the right to:

1. Know about hazards in your workplace and how to protect your health and safety.
2. Participate in resolving workplace health and safety concerns.
3. Refuse unsafe work.

You must:

• Follow health and safety instructions.
• Work in compliance with Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Report hazards and violations of workplace health and safety law promptly to your supervisor or employer.

Employers must:

• Provide/maintain required equipment, materials and protective devices.
• Inform, instruct and supervise workers to protect their health and safety.
• Make sure required measures and procedures are followed.
• Hire only workers of legal working age.
• Take every reasonable precaution to protect workers.

New and young workers: look, listen… and learn!

Experienced workers: teach new and young worker colleagues about job safety!

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