... Introduction In 2014, 789 Hispanic workers died in the United States from occupational related injuries. This is a 3.5 percent decline in the number of reported cases as compared to the 817 Hispanic workers killed on the job in 2013, according to U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor...

... Introduction In 2013, 797 Hispanic workers died in the United States from work-related injuries, 18 percent of the 4,405 workers killed on the job that year, according to United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics' Preliminary Report Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries...

... some realities faced by a significant number of Hispanic workers (PenC Program). Moreover, a quick glimpse of the investigations of fatal occupational injuries among Hispanic workers conducted by the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program provides interesting input about contributing...

... worker knowledge training requirement effectiveness us government information video attitude machine learning employer health injury rate educational setting illness training program requirement fatality safety training workplace Session No. S64 Paradigms in Training Hispanic...

... con 816 en 2009 y 751 en 2010. hispanic worker construction industry prevention injury rate construction worker work-related injury rate incident health contractor us government safety climate employment construction site productivity perception retaliation construction...

... us government superintendent individualism latin american country construction communication hofstede hispanic worker consequence productivity supervisor dimension united states hispanic culture air transportation knowledge power distance index workforce construction industry...

... in the construction industry, we are now experiencing widespread unemployment. Many Hispanic workers lost their jobs. The downturn in the economy provides an opportunity for the construction industry to take a step back and assess just how effective the historically haphazard approach to recruiting, training...

... rate of fatalities among Hispanic workers are that the workers did not speak English, did not understand the language by the employer or other workers, and had limited or no training. While there are hundreds of OSHA standards requiring safety training and Directives requiring that effective training...

...% of concrete workers, 26% of painters, 23% of roofers, and 21% of laborers (CPWR 2002, Ruttenberg and Lazo 2004 Jaselskis et al. 1996, Jaselskis et al. 2004). The construction sector attracts a great number of Hispanic workers due to the ease of entry, relatively high wages, low skill requirements, lax legal...

... Cultural Diversity in the Workplace 1 Basically our conversation started by commenting, "Why do Hispanic/Spanish speaking workers suffer more work accidents than the American/English speaking workers?" In fact, the rate of fatal work accidents for Hispanic workers has increased by 72% from...

... Parsippany, New Jersey Introduction This paper will discuss the manner in which a safety and health outreach training program for Hispanic workers, particularly day laborers in construction and general industry, was established and managed in the past two years. This program is based on the successful work...

... intelligence expertise spain translator communication hispanic worker Session No. 630 Translation 101 for Safety Professionals Allen A. Boraiko Vice President of Corporate Development HispanoAmerican Communications Gilbert, Arizona Introduction A growing number of U.S. workers express and comprehend...

... of Hispanic immigrants into the United States (Hurst, 1998) joining the work force. The Department of Labor estimates that there are more than 14.5 million Hispanic workers in the country. Unfortunately, these workers account for the highest percentage of workplace injuries and fatalities compared to other...

... 18 years of age, deaths of Hispanic workers, and street/highway construction work zone fatalities. NIOSH staff conducts investigations into these incidents and develops reports that highlight potential prevention measures. Niosh workplace incident investigation US government face...

...Session No. 635 Hispanic Workforce Issues (Training the Hispanic Worker) Fil Villarreal Professional Safety Source, Texas Workers Compensation Commission Director, Loss Control Services Prime Source Management San Antonio, TX Who is the Hispanic Worker? The ominous question begs more definition...