Senator Robach Recognizes June as Young Workers' Safety Month

LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  recognizing  June 2011 as Young Workers' Safety

 Month in the State of New York

 WHEREAS, Employment is a valuable part of a young person's learning  and

 development; and

 WHEREAS,  This  June,  thousands  of  New  York's  young  workers will

 commence their summer jobs, joining the more  than  four  million  young

 workers who are employed in the United States each year; and

 WHEREAS,  Young  workers  are  more likely to be injured while working

 than are adults, and  nationwide  approximately  150,000  young  workers

 suffer from work related injuries each year; and

 WHEREAS,  Thirty-seven  young workers died from on-the-job injuries in

 New York State between the years 2007 and 2009; and

 WHEREAS, The rate of injuries suffered by young workers  in  New  York

 State increased in 2009; and

 WHEREAS, The New York State Young Worker Safety and Health Project was

 formed  in an effort to minimize work related injuries and illnesses for

 young workers; and

 WHEREAS, The New York State Young Worker Safety and Health Project  is

 composed  of representatives of: the New York State Department of Labor,

 the New York State Department of Health, the New  York  State  Education

 Department,  the  New  York  State Workers' Compensation Board, New York

 State United Teachers, the New York Committee  for  Occupational  Safety

 and  Health, the New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safe

 ty, the Youth Construction Initiative Program and several other communi

 ty based organizations representing young workers and teachers; and

 WHEREAS, This year, the New York State Young Worker Safety and  Health

 Project  is  holding  "Young  Worker  Safety  Night"  at  four ballparks

 throughout New York State: Falcon Park in Auburn, Dwyer Stadium in Bata

 via, Russell E. Diethrick, Jr.  Park  in  Jamestown,  and  Joseph  Bruno

 Stadium in Troy; and

 WHEREAS,  The New York State Young Worker Safety and Health Project is

 introducing "Passport to  Safety,"  an  online  training  program  which

 teaches young workers about their rights on the job and how to stay safe

 at work; now therefore, be it

 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to

 recognize June 2011 as Young Workers' Safety Month in the State  of  New

 York and to urge all to take appropriate recognition of this occasion.