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EspañolThe Center for Construction Research and Training has recognized New Labor’s workplace health and safety work as an exemplary model in training. In its “Impact” card, CPWR describes New Labor working with Rutger OTEC to”understand day laborers’ health and safety…
Yearly Archives: 2013
CPWR Impact “Empowering Day Laborers to Work Safely in Construction”
Posted in Publications and Press, Training
CPWR Highlights LOSHI Safety Liaisons
CPWR, the Center for Construction Research and Training, has “highlighted” our “enlaces de seguridad” project in their year end review , “Highlights 2011: Stories of Impact.” It includes a case study of how the enlaces critically assessed how to confront…
Posted in Publications and Press, Training
Danger at the Jobsite? Call OSHA|Peligro en el Trabajo? Llame a OSHA
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is responsible for developing obligatory health and safety norms, and for ensuring that these norms are followed through inspections, employer outreach programs, and fines and citations for violations. La Administración de la Salud y…
Temp Worker Conference | Conferencia de Trabajadores de Agencia
On Saturday, April 24, 100 temp agency workers in the state of New Jersey gathered to discuss the many problems that they face in there line of work. The participants indentified a number of grave health and safety dangers, both…
Posted in Conference, Training
Don’t Rely on Only Divine Providence to Protect Yourself From Falls | No Depienda de Sola La Providencia Devina Para Protejerse De Caidas
Falls represent the greatest share of worker fatalities within the construction industry. Proper fall protection should eliminate the danger of falling, prevent falls, and ensure that workers who may fall do not severely injure themselves. (English translation coming soon) .…
Posted in Training
Latinos Face A Higher Rate of Workplace Danger | Latinos Encuentran una Razon de Peligro Mas Alta En El Trabajo
Comparado con el resto de los trabajadores en los Estados Unidos, los latinos tienen un riesgo de morir en el trabajo más alto. Aun más alarmante, la razón de fatalidad de los latinos nacido fuera los EEUU fue 5.9 en…
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