Fatal work-related injuries among Brazilians in Massachusetts, 1999-2007

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  This fact sheet summarizes information from Massachusetts on fatal work-related injuries among Brazilian-born workers. Little information has been publicly available about fatal injuries among this group of workers to date. In Massachusetts, as in the U.S. as a whole, Hispanic workers have been found to have high rates of fatal work-related injuries compared to non-Hispanic white workers.However, deaths of Brazilian born-workers may or may not be included in the Hispanic fatality count and are not generally reported separately. Brazilians are the most populous newcomer group in Massachusetts post - 1990. According to data from Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies, from 2000 through 2003 Brazilians accounted for 19% of all new immigrants to the Commonwealth. Brazilians come to Massachusetts seeking work, but like many other immigrants, are more likely than native-born workers to be employed in dangerous jobs where hazards are inadequately controlled. Other factors are also believed to contribute to immigrants' risk of being hurt at work. These include inadequate safety training and supervision of workers, often compounded by language and literacy barriers, as well as immigrant workers' lack of information about safety and health standards and legal rights. Long work hours, job insecurity, and racial and ethnic discrimination in the workplace may also contribute to elevated risks of on-the job injuries, and the combination of several of these factors may make immigrant workers hesitant to speak up. From 1991, when the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) first began tracking fatal work-related injuries, through 1998, no deaths of Brazilian-born workers were recorded. In contrast, from 1999 through 2007, 15 Brazilian-born workers were fatally injured at work in Massachusetts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Hazards Health-protection Humans Industrial-environment Industrial-safety Information-systems Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupations Racial-factors Risk-factors Safety-education Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-practices Workers

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• Publisher:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042887
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2009 Jan; :1-5
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal work-related injuries among Brazilians in Massachusetts, 1999-2007
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194963/cdc_194963_DS1.pdf
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