..., within the shadows of this economic prosperity lies a harsh reality, Hispanic/Latino/Latino workers continue to experience higher than average injury and illness in the workplace. Troubling, while the data demonstrates higher incidents, the reality is much likely worst as most Hispanic/Latino/Latino...

... Introduction According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, 23 million Latinos over the age of 16 were employed in 2014 (BLS, 2015-1). In the manufacturing industry, there are more than 2.5 million Latino workers (BLS, 2015-2). According to the Latino Labor Force in the Recovery Report (DOL...

... & medicine construction industry safety culture workplace safety climate construction worker perception non-latino worker supervisor construction site procedure us government sustainability work practice latino worker Session No. 778 Building Safety Culture with Latino and Non-Latino...

..., reaching 5,840 total fatalities recorded in 2006. Of these, almost 17 percent or 990 were fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, of which 67 percent or 667 were foreign-born Latino workers. Studies of fatal accidents investigated by OSHA suggest that contributing factors for such high...

... and Health Summit, July 2004. And the toll grows. While non-Latino workplace fatalities dropped 16 percent between 1992 and 2005, Latino workers' deaths jumped 72 percent during the same time. Last year the fatality rate for Latinos was 4.9 per 100,000 workers, a rate unmatched by any other group...

... Latino worker trabajadore latino español laboral los trabajadore latino documentación Sesión SP04 ¿Por qué los trabajadores latinos tienen los índices más altos de accidentabilidad y muertes en el trabajo? David Sánchez, M.S., CIH Manager, Center for the Professional Training and Development...

... Purpose/ Objective If you haven't figured it out, the number of Latino workers in the US is increasing along with the number of unnecessary accidents, fatalities and costs. More than one in eight people in the United States are of Latino. In 2002, there were 37.4 million Latinos...

... of Labor Statistics estimates that one in every four workers will be of Latino origin in 2050. Fatal workplace accidents for Latino workers are mainly caused by moving vehicles in the workplace, inappropriate contact with electricity, falls, mishandling and use of dangerous chemicals, and inappropriate...

...Session No. 546 You Don t Have to Speak Spanish to Communicate with Your Spanish-Speaking Workforce Hector M. Escarcega, CSP, ARM, MSIH President, Bilingual Solutions International Los Angeles, CA Purpose/ Objective If you haven t figured it out, the number of Latino workers in the US is increasing...