NIOSH Hispanic Workers Safety Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Aghazadeh F ; Bertot J ; Huerta J ; Player L
• Description:
  Various reports show a continuous downward trend in the number of reported fatal injuries among workers in the private and public sectors in general. Overall rates and numbers have fallen slightly, but for certain groups of workers including Hispanic workers, such numbers are on the rise. Fatal injuries among Hispanic workers have increased from 815 in 2000, to 891 in 2001 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. This alarming numbers represents a 9 percent increase. In previous years, increases of Hispanic worker deaths were caused by a rise in fatalities. in the construction industry, however the 2001 increase was seen particularly in the field of agriculture. It is also noticed that the problem is even more serious for Hispanic workers who were born outside of the United States than for those who were actually born here. Without any surprise the states where more of these fatalities occur are the states where the presence of Hispanics is large-California, Texas, New York and Florida. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Fatalities Injuries Questionnaires Safety Practices Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  Louisiana State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Louisiana ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-43
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059091
• Citation:
  Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University, 2007 Apr; :1-43
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH Hispanic workers safety survey
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f34aa82d3ceb38094061cf07cae6be0c956ca2ce4fa2897a04260ffe36f077ae6aea9ef9fc3049569710718abda790bdd27463d4bb4947015a149c858f32200
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223410/cdc_223410_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.60 MB ]