WOSHTEP Resources and Publications

WOSHTEP provides industry health and safety resources for small businesses, managers, and workplace employees to protect workers and impede costly workplace accidents. By training supervisors and workers to identify and control hazards, businesses effectively prevent situations that result in injured workers, illnesses, and lost productivity.

Following is a summary list of training and education resources developed by the WOSHTEP Program:

I. WORKER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (WOSH) SPECIALIST
TRAINING FOR WORKERS

WOSH Specialist Core Modules
  • Module 1: Promoting Effective Safety Programs
  • Module 2: Identifying Hazards in the Workplace
  • Module 3: Controlling Hazards in the Workplace
  • Module 4: Health and Safety Rights and Responsibilities
  • Module 5: Workers' Compensation and Return-to-Work Programs
  • Module 6: Resources and Strategies for Taking Action
Supplemental Modules
  • Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Chemical Hazards and Hazard Communication
  • Communicating Effectively about Workplace Health and Safety
  • Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders: Introduction to Ergonomics
  • Joint Labor-Management Health and Safety Committees
  • How Adults Learn Best: Sharing Health and Safety Information in the Workplace
  • Workplace Violence Prevention
  • Workplace Emergency Preparedness
Awareness Materials
Related Materials
WOSH Specialist Newsletters
  • Regular updates for WOSH Specialists as well as feature stories about Specialist successes in a wide range of workplaces -- Spring and Fall each year in English and Spanish

II. SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES TRAINING MATERIALS

General
Industry-Specific

III. YOUNG WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM

WOSHTEP furthers efforts to provide necessary education and resources about health and safety requirements including employment rights so teens can be safe in the workplace.  Programs include:

  • Young Worker Leadership Academy (YWLA), a program designed to develop young workers into health and safety leaders at work and in their communities. Two or more Academies are held each year involving teams of youth from throughout the State. This Academy has become a national model with several states implementing youth academies based on the California YWLA.
  • Safe Jobs for Youth Month, in May each year, during which teams of Academy graduates implement programs to promote young worker health and safety in their schools and communities.
  • California Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety, established by Assembly Bill 1599 in 2000, composed of agencies and organizations dealing with youth employment and education issues, as well as others who can play a role in educating and protecting young workers. Members represent educators, parents, employers, youth training programs, governmental agencies and others.

The purpose of the Partnership is to identify potential strategies to reduce injuries and illnesses among youth in the California workforce; foster awareness and skills in health and safety that will remain with youth throughout their working lives and allow them to take an active role in shaping safe work environments; and promote positive, healthy employment for youth.

 Materials include:

IV. SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS

  • Heat Hazards in Agriculture, A Guide For Employers To Carry Out Tailgate Training for Workers – English and Spanish
  • Teens Working in Agriculture: Activities for High School ESL Classes, 2009   -- English
  • Motor Vehicle Safety Programs Fact Sheet  -- English
  • Protecting the Safety and Health of Restaurant Workers: A Workbook –English and Spanish
  • WOSHTEP Needs Assessment Report: Opportunities to Integrate Worker Health and Safety Education into Building Trades Apprenticeship Programs
  • Summary of July 16, 2008 Workplace Wellness Roundtable
  • The Whole Worker: Integrating Wellness & Occupational Health and Safety Programs (under development)
  • State, National and International Safety and Health Training Programs and Resources

V. STATEWIDE HEALTH & SAFETY RESOURCE CENTERS & MULTILINGUAL GUIDE

Resource Centers provide access to:
  • Printed and online materials on occupational safety and health
  • Technical and research assistance
  • Referrals to state and local agencies
Multilingual Health and Resource Guide

This Guide is a collection of links to worker training materials such as fact sheets, checklists, and other educational resources that are available online and can be printed to distribute to workers participating in workplace injury and illness prevention programs.  Materials are available in over 25 languages.

VI. ANNUAL REPORTS

  • WOSHTEP - 2009 Advisory Board annual report acrobat small logo version
  • WOSHTEP - 2008 Advisory Board annual report acrobat small logo version
  • WOSHTEP - 2007 Advisory Board annual report acrobat small logo version
  • WOSHTEP - 2006 Advisory Board annual report acrobat small logo version
  • WOSHTEP - 2005 Advisory Board annual report acrobat small logo version
  • WOSHTEP - 2004 Advisory Board annual report acrobat small logo version


VII. NEWS ARTICLES AND RELATED PUBLICATIONS

  • California's Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program: A model for other states. IAIABC Journal, 2005
  • California group trains workplace health, safety leaders." SafetyNet, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., No. 23, Washington, D.C. 2005
  • Youth discuss policy and plan action at leadership academy." Bridges, Center for Occupational & Environmental Health (COEH), University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2005