How Legislation Has Affected Construction Worker Safety in New York City: Impacts of Policy Changes on Worker Safety Outcomes in New York City Construction Sites

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• Personal Author:
  Figueroa, Maria C.
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Impacts of Policy Changes on Worker Safety Outcomes in New York City Construction Sites. 2020
  
  Maria C. Figueroa.
  
  CPWR Small Study, 2020.
  
  The construction boom in New York City during the latter part of the 2010s was accompanied by a dramatic surge in injuries and fatalities. Day laborers in the residential sector have been particularly vulnerable, as have immigrants and non-union workers. These groups have typically had limited access to safety training and labor education, resulting in less knowledge about implementation and enforcement of labor laws. To reduce injury and fatality rates among vulnerable workers and to respond to growing demands from unions for increased safety measures, the City of New York enacted Local Law 196 in October 2017. It requires increased safety training for the issuance and renewal of building permits and promotes access to safety training for the target population of immigrant day laborers, non-union workers, and other at-risk workers. This study assessed the impact of Local Law 196 on safety outcomes in NYC’s construction industry.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry/legislation & Jurisprudence Occupational Health/legislation & Jurisprudence Safety/legislation & Jurisprudence Workplace/legislation & Jurisprudence
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research ; Small Study
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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