Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries among Hispanic Construction Workers, 1992-2008

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• Journal Article:
  Fatal and nonfatal injuries among Hispanic construction workers, 1992-2008
• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Wang, Xuanwen ; Daw, Christina
• Description:
  Current economic and workforce changes have made construction safety and health more complicated and unpredictable than ever before. The economic downturn had a significant impact on Hispanic employment in construction, especially on foreign-born Hispanics. Recent BLS news reports have touted declines in construction fatalities but lacked detailed information on Hispanic construction workers. To shed light for interested stakeholders on safety and health of Hispanic workers, this data brief provides updated data on fatal and nonfatal injuries among Hispanic construction workers, focusing on changes in recent years. Injury data on the construction industry as a whole and detailed data on construction occupations can be found in our recent report "Work-Related Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries among U.S. Construction Workers, 1992-2008." [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Current economic and workforce changes have made construction safety and health more complicated and unpredictable than ever before. The economic downturn had a significant impact on Hispanic employment in construction, especially on foreign born Hispanics (see page 19 for link). Recent BLS news reports have touted declines in construction fatalities but lacked detailed information on Hispanic construction workers
  
  This data brief was produced using funds provided by Cooperative Agreement U60-OH009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20052104
  
  Hispanic_Data_Brief3.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Economics Emigration And Immigration Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Racial factors; Economic impact; Economics; Special populations; Injuries; Fatalities; Mortality data; Mortality rates; Mortality studies; Small businesses; Falls; Occupations; Immigrant workers; Temporary workers; Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS; Statistical analysis; Occupations; Lost work days
• Source:
  CPWR Data Brief. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2010 Dec; 2(2):1-19
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement U60-OH009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19 pdf pages
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052104
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Sue Dong, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157529/cdc_157529_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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