Background: Hispanic workers have higher rates of injury and death on
construction worksites than workers of other ethnicities. Language barriers and
cultural differences have been hypothesized as reasons behind the disparate
rates.
Keywords: Leaders in Safe Construction, U.S. Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, personal ... read moreprotective equipment.
Roelofs, Cora, Linda Sprague-Martinez, Maria Brunette, and
Lenore Azaroff. "A qualitative investigation of Hispanic construction worker
perspectives on factors impacting worksite safety and risk." Environmental Health 10,
no. 1 (12, 2011): 1-9.