In its continuing efforts to educate youth on what it means to be safe at work and what occupational safety and health professionals do every day to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) launched its 8th annual kids’ “Safety-on-the-Job” poster contest. The contest is open not only to ASSE members’ children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, but also to children and schools sponsored by ASSE members. The contest runs from Sept. 19 through Feb. 14, 2010, and is open to children aged 5 to 14 with top prizes to be awarded to those in each of the five age groups that best illustrate being safe on the job.
Additionally, the savings bond awards will be presented in ceremonies in Washington, D.C., during the 2010 North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week kick-off events at the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian.
ASSE members and chapters also can sponsor schools, community organizations or children from their workplace in the contest, which is aimed at educating children on the importance of safety and health at work and better acquainting them with the job their parents, friends, relatives, etc. do as occupational safety, health and environmental practitioners.
Children in five age groups — ages 5 to 6; ages 7 to 8; ages 9 to 10; ages 11 to 12; and ages 13 to 14, are invited to create and submit posters no larger than 11 by 14 that best illustrate being safe at work.