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NIOSH developed content for a series of short Spanish-language videos on occupational safety and health for the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN). The videos, narrated by Maria Sofia Lioce of NIOSH, aired on a live national Spanish-language talk show on HITN. The videos featured topics on :
• Silicosis (http://www.hitn.tv/dialogo_shorts.php?vid=pt11);
• Tobacco disease (http://www.hitn.tv/dialogo_shorts.php?vid=pt9);
• Construction and fall prevention (http://www.hitn.tv/dialogo_shorts.php?vid=pt80);
• Preventing infections due to hepatitis B, HIV, and other blood borne pathogens
(http://www.hitn.tv/dialogo_shorts.php?vid=pt10);
• Working teens (http://www.hitn.tv/dialogo_shorts.php?vid=pt2); and
• Occupational cancer
(http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=108019999265092).
For more information, e-mail Maria Sofia Lioce at liocemata@cdc.gov
OSHA documents about residential construction fall protection
Here are links to two recently released OSHA documents about residential construction fall protection:
- OSHA trade release: OSHA slide presentation shows employers how to protect residential construction workers from falls.www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=19896
- OSHA Guidance Document: Fall Protection in Residential Construction=http://www.osha.gov/doc/guidance.pdf
PenC Publications and materials
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A community-based participatory approach to prevent falls among Latino construction workers. Dr. Maria Brunette. National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS), Pennsylvania — USA, October, 2008. “NOIRS-2008” (pdf)
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A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Preventing Falls and Silica Exposure Among Latino Construction Workers. Dr. Cora Roelofs. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce), Toronto-Canada, June 2009. “AIHce-2009” (pdf)
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Hispanic Workers Safety article published on Hard Hat News
Links to occupational safety and health resources
- The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH). Occupational Safety and Health topics by industry and activity, hazards and exposure information, diseases and injury, prevention, emergency preparedness and statistics data about and a complete list of all numbered publications issued by NIOSH (English and Spanish).
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Provides access to selected occupational safety and health information include specific workplace hazards, laws, regulations and interpretations for current OSHA standards and enforcement-related information (English and Spanish).
- Pew Hispanic Center. Publications about public opinion surveys that focus on Latino views on a range of social matters and public policy issues such as demography, economics, education, identity, immigration, labor, policies and remittances.
- Hispanics Work Safe. Training and educational materials targeted to Hispanic construction workers living and working in the USA. (English and Spanish).
- Residential Fall Safe. It is a program dedicated to disseminating safety training information to employers and employees involved in the commercial residential construction industry.
- Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR). Site with information about activities conducted with labor, management, and university researchers. Also, it provides publications.
- Center for Innovation in Construction Safety & Health Research. Site with information about innovative methods to design, develop, and deliver training and continuing education to decrease the number of injuries, accidents, and fatalities in the construction industry.
- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Site with information about safety standards and safety technical publications such as Professional Safety.
- National Safety Council. Site with a comprehensive library on safety issues. www.nsc.org
Links to Community Organizations
- The Lawrence Mayor Health Task Force website with information about community research, conferences, trainings, working groups, grants, jobs, neighborhood associations and food pantries in Lawrence, MA.
- Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH). Site with information about initiatives for educating and mobilizing workers to improve their working conditions and influence public policies that govern these conditions.