Influence of Contractors on Immigrant Latino Construction Workers’ Safety Behaviors in Small-Scale Residential Construction

Details

• Personal Author:
  Belalcazar S ; Escalante S ; Grzywacz JG ; Montgomery S
• Description:
  Immigrant Latino workers are disproportionately at greater risk of accident and injury in the construction industry in the United States. The purpose of this study is to observe the contractor's impact on workers' safety behaviors. Previous evidence and statistics showed that Latino immigrant construction workers have a higher injury at work than non-Latino construction workers. The Ponte Listo project is to reduce the number of health disparities experienced by Latino workers and to encourage safe behavior on the job through safety education. Participants who have been working at residential constructions are invited to participate in a qualitative in-depth interview. Through the interviews, it is determined by their assumption and reasoning that immigrant Latino workers have the highest rate of injury and insight into strategies to promote worker safety on the job. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through codes for recognizable patterns. Though findings suggest, small-scale contractors may be utilized for promoting safety behavior in the construction workplace. The contractors contribute to the changes in training the workers when first employed and the ones with responsibility for their wellbeing at times of an accident. They are the ones who employ the workers and themselves are experienced working along with the workers. Understanding the perspectives of contractors can provide a safety environment for their workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Construction Industry Emigration And Immigration Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Immigrant Latino Construction Construction Workers Health Disparities Immigrant Workers Qualitative Methods Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  Florida State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070874
• Citation:
  Florida State University 22nd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 7, 2022, Tallahassee, Florida. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University, 2022 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Florida State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20200803
• Source Full Name:
  Florida State University 22nd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 7, 2022, Tallahassee, Florida
• End Date:
  20230731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8cb9c2101c2a9ba543bbeb1c8a1938581b00bc643187e686e0e4e302126c2e8dd1e5d0bd8e9b079979d51820ba7f0f71c950341c82c61f7a90e2708030fc2c61
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209002/cdc_209002_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.75 MB ]