PUSH is a toolkit to help workplaces improve safety, health, and well-being for young workers between 14 to 24 years old. Our studies have shown outcomes resulting in a healthier and productive young workforce. The "Start the Conversation Activities" reinforce concepts learned in the PUSH online training. Their purpose is to engage supervisors and young workers in two-way conversation about safety and health in the workplace.

The PUSH online training is a 50-minute, self-paced program that uses videos and real life examples through stories of real young worker fatalities and injuries to teach young workers about safety, health, and communication. In this training, young workers will learn ways to prevent injuries in the workplace. The training topics are drawn from NIOSH Youth@Work : Talking safety curriculum, health promotion , and effective communication in the workplace.

This download is used in the visual aid section for Lesson 1: Icebreaker in the Start the Conversation Activity workbook.The purpose of this activity is to engage young workers in an activity that sets the tone for future discussions about occupational safety and health. This activity uses historical trivia to highlight topics that will be discussed in depth during future activities. View the YouTube Video to help facilitate this activity.

Social media prompts are videos and images that can be used creatively by your organization to emphasize principles included in the online training or the "Start the Conversation Activities." Browse the Social Media Prompts Tumblr page that showcases examples and ideas to incorporate within your organization to promote younger worker safety, health and well-being and help further engage your young worker workforce.

The Start the Conversation are supervisor-led activities to help educate young workers in areas of safety, professional communication skills, and health promotion in the workplace. Work can impact safety on and off the job. These activities are designed to be led by supervisors at staff meetings or training sessions. Each activity is about 10-20 minutes long. This is the employee version of the workbook.

​Access the PUSH young worker safety, health, and well-being toolkit YouTube Video channel to view videos from the online training of the toolkit. Use these videos as a stand alone tool to share with your organization in safety training with your workforce.