Weekly 4-H Update
Communications >> 4-H Update >>Volume 12, Number 18....................................... May 23, 2008
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Reminders:
- June 6: Colorado 4-H Foundation golf tournament, Windsor, CO
- June 14-21: Citizenship Washington Focus, Washington, DC
- June 13-15: Shooting Sports Family Camp, Victor, CO
- June 24-27: State 4-H Conference, Ft. Collins
WRLF - Denver ‘09
As hosts of the next WRLF we need your help. First, we want you to promote this event as a great opportunity for training Colorado 4-H leaders. There are more opportunities for volunteers and staff to learn about programs, projects and better ways to work with youth at this event than any other. We would like to have at least 200 Colorado volunteers attend!
It’s time to start thinking about workshops for WRLF too. The Call for Proposals is posted on the WRLF link on our website - http://www.colorado4h.org/wrlf09. Start distributing and submitting them!
Agents received a folder with WRLF information during our retreat at Snow Mountain Ranch. There were requests to solicit financial support from 4-H clubs, councils, and foundations across the state. Please be sure to get this request out to all your organizations. This is an event sponsored by the Colorado 4-H Leader’s Council and 4-H program. We need your help!
There is also a need to solicit door prizes for WRLF. They can be non-perishable foods, gift baskets, clothing, gift certificates, etc.
Thanks in advance for all your help. The committee certainly appreciates it. Please contact me at Dale.Leidheiser@colostate.edu if you have questions.
— Dale Leidheiser
Camp Round-UP
Colorado State University's College of Agriculture is proud to host 'Camp Round-UP' 2008 this June 15-19. Registration can be completed through the website or by telephone. The early-bird and regular deadline has passed, but you may still be able to register. For further information please click on: http://camproundup.agsci.colostate.edu. — Ellen Butler
Work Safe this Summer!
Taking out the trash is one of the duties commonly assigned to teen workers in retail and service establishments. While most of the duties associated with taking out the trash are safe for teens to perform, there are both safety hazards and potential violations of the federal youth employment provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act to consider if young workers take trash to a compactor or baler.
Teen workers are permitted to take the trash to the site of the compactor or baler and set it on the ground, but workers under the age of 18 are generally prohibited from actually dumping the trash into the compactor or baler. In addition, they may not operate the compactor or baler, nor may they unload the compactor or baler. Performing any of these actions may violate Hazardous Occupations Order No. 12 of the federal youth employment provisions.
This prohibition applies even if an employer does not own the compactor or baler but uses centralized equipment that is owned or provided by someone else (i.e., retail businesses located in shopping malls).
There is a limited exception in the law which allows 16 and 17 year olds to load, but not operate or unload, certain compactors and balers. This exception applies only if all of the following requirements are met:
- The compactor meets the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z245.2-1992 or Z245.2-1997; and the baler meets ANSI Standard Z245.5-1990 or Z245.5-1997;
- The equipment contains a poster or notice that:
- Identifies the specific ANSI standard that the equipment meets,
- States that 16- and 17-year-olds may only load the equipment,
- States that no one under 18 years old may operate or unload the equipment;
- The equipment must include an on/off switch with a key-lock or other system, and the control of the system must be in the custody of employees 18 years of age or older;
- The on/off switch must be maintained in the off position when the equipment is not in operation; and
- The equipment cannot be operated while it is being loaded.
The exception for loading does not apply to anyone under 16 years of age. This age group may not under any circumstances dump trash into, operate, or unload a compactor or baler.
For information regarding Hazardous Order No. 12 for paper balers and compactors, please read Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet #57 at http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs57.htm.
For additional information about the federal Fair Labor Standards Act youth employment provisions including a complete list of all Hazardous Occupation Orders, visit YouthRules! at www.youthrules.dol.gov or call the Department of Labor’s toll-free helpline at 1-866-4US-WAGE (1-866-487-9243). — Jan Carroll
