Hispanic Construction Workers: Employment, Business Ownership, and Injury Trends

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• Personal Author:
  Brooks, Raina D. ; Dufoe D ; Harris W ; Trueblood, Amber B. ; Brooks, Raina D. ; Dufoe D ; Harris W ; Trueblood, Amber B.
• Description:
  This issue examines trends for Hispanic construction workers, including employment, business ownership, and fatal and nonfatal injuries. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that there were 29.0 million (M) Hispanic workers in the labor force in 2020, and by 2030 this number is expected to reach 35.9M. From 2011 to 2021, the proportion of construction workers who were Hispanic increased from a quarter to almost a third of the workforce. Hispanic-owned businesses also accounted for about a third of minority-owned employer firms in all industries in 2020. This Data Bulletin provides information on employment, business ownership, and fatal and nonfatal injury trends among Hispanic construction workers. Data for employment trends were estimated using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Population Survey (CPS), downloaded through IPUMS. Data for construction business owners comes from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics Series. Data on injuries were obtained from the BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). Nonfatal injuries (SOII) were examined for those injuries resulting in days away from work (DAFW) and days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR) among private, wage-and-salary workers. Nonfatal injuries resulting in DAFW for Hispanic or Latino workers by event or exposure were provided by BLS under a special query. Nonfatal data should be interpreted as a baseline but could be higher due to known underreporting of injuries among Hispanic workers. Full-time equivalent workers (FTEs) were obtained using the BLS CPS data to calculate rates. Fatal injury rates were calculated per 100,000 FTEs, while nonfatal rates were calculated per 10,000 FTEs. Both use the composite weight which results in minor differences in previously published rates which used a different weight. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Fatalities Injuries Small Businesses
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070399
• Citation:
  CPWR Data Bulletin. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 Dec; :1-7
• Contact Point Address:
  Data Center, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  datacenter@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Hispanic construction workers: employment, business ownership, and injury trends
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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