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During Construction Safety Week, NYC reaches out to Hispanic workers
NEW YORK CITY, NY -- ...Monday was the first day of Construction Safety Week, an annual campaign held by the city’s Department of Buildings, and this year’s program came at a grim time for the construction industry.
Jump in Fatalities of Latino Workers, Most are in Construction says Study
WASHINGTON, DC - April 28 - Workplace fatalities have increased sharply for Latino and immigrant workers, reports the new AFL-CIO annual study: Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect. In 2006, fatal injuries among Latino workers increased by seven percent over 2005, with 990 fatalities among this group of workers, the highest number ever reported.
Language Barriers Could Contribute to Job Site Fatalities
SPOKANE, WA -- Foreign-born workers accounted for 29% of the fatalities in the residential construction industry, according to “ Residential Construction Industry Fatalities 2003-2006 ,” a recently-released study commissioned by NAHB (the National Association of Home Builders).
The study also found that workers of Hispanic origin accounted for 28% of the fatalities.
NIOSH Teams On Innovative Safety Outreach With Hispanic Media
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has partnered with the Spanish-language television network Telemundo, CPWR – the Center for Construction Research and Training, and Hollywood Health & Society to introduce an occupational safety storyline that began April 1 on a popular Telemundo telenovela or dramatic series.
Uncertain safety for Latino construction workers
CHICAGO, IL -- ...Hundreds of Latino workers across the U.S. die annually in construction accidents, a toll that has mounted steadily. Two years ago 354 Latinos were killed in construction accidents, a 34 percent increase over 2003, the most recent government statistics show.
Construction Worker Deaths Spike
(ABC NEWS) -- .. Across the United States, construction ranks as the most dangerous industry, representing about 20 percent of all work-related fatalities, according to federal statistics... The rise in construction fatalities can be explained by a deadly mix of untrained immigrant workers, lax attention to safety regulations and profit-minded contractors who cut corners in all areas from labor to materials... What is most startling in these accidents is the disproportionate number of immigrant deaths -- and not only in New York, where illegal workers make up 86 percent of all fatalities. MORE
No safety in numbers
LAWRENCE, MA -- ...Last month, UMass-Lowell and a coalition of Lawrence groups announced that they have received a $2.7 million, five-year federal grant to study the health of area Latino construction workers. The grant will also allow the coalition to provide workplace training aimed at Latino laborers to help prevent accidents on the job. ...That, labor specialists say, is especially true for Latino construction workers, who as a group are more likely than any others to experience workplace accidents, including fatalities, according to US labor statistics. MORE
