Empowering Day Laborers to Work Safely in Construction

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  The Challenge: Immigrant Latino day laborers have a fatality rate nearly double that of all other construction workers. Easily exploited because of their undocumented status, limited English and lack of education and construction experience, they are often paid in cash and categorized as "independent contractors" - with no OSHA protections. Fear of losing their jobs or being deported keeps them from speaking out about unsafe working conditions and makes them distrustful of those who could help. As a result, injuries involving construction day laborers are underreported. The Response: Researchers at Rutgers University Occupational Training and Education Consortium (OTEC), the U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Public Health, and New Labor formed the Latino Construction Worker Safety and Health Project with support from the NJ Laborers Health and Safety Fund. The goal: understand day laborers' health and safety needs and develop Spanish-language training to help workers protect themselves and co-workers on the job. New Labor staff enlisted construction day laborers as peer researchers. Together they visited "the corners" - sites where day laborers congregate - to explain the project, build trust and recruit participants for focus groups and training. Workers participated in train-the-trainer programs to become peer trainers and piloted the training with 95 day laborers. Based on their input, the partners revised the curriculum. Pre- and post-training surveys were used to collect information on the hazards participants face, what they learned from the training and how they will use their new knowledge. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Emigration And Immigration Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Fatalities Immigrant Workers Language Barrier Occupational Health Disparities Training
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054724
• Citation:
  CPWR IMPACT. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2012 Jan; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  CPWR IMPACT
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ab61a173d31868b1898cc481844e61a6531c422d338a68ccc001e5184ea85bb6a3230dcd1dc491f348b808bff9c638eeda55b7e7bc9182f394e67a4bcc0025bb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213078/cdc_213078_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.78 MB ]