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OSHA Latino Summit in HoustonApril 14-15, 2010

Preventing Falls, Silica Exposures with

Latino Construction Workers

Milagro Grullón, MMExecutive Director, Lawrence Community Connections,

Inc. Maria Brunette, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, UMASS Lowell Work Environment Dept.

Susan Shepherd, ScDIndustrial Hygienist, University of Massachusetts Lowell

(on behalf of the Proteccion en Construccion Team)

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AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments

Proteccion en Construccion team Workers, supervisors, contractors, workers’

family members, and Lawrence residents who participated throughout 2008 assessment year

Facilitators, notetakers, transcribers Outreach team

This research is funded by the National Institute for Occupational This research is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & HealthSafety & Health

R01OH008750-01A1R01OH008750-01A1

Proteccion en Construccion:Lawrence Latino Safety

Partnership

The goal of the project is to build a community-university-labor partnership that will research ways to prevent falls and silica dust exposure affecting Latino construction workers.

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Partners:Partners: a research project conducted by the

• City of Lawrence Mayor’s

Health Task Force• Laborers International

Union of North America Local 175• JSI Research and

Training Institute• Lawrence Community Connections, Inc• University of

Massachusetts Lowell


Innovative PartnershipsInnovative Partnerships

City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task ForceCity of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force

is a broad base collaborative of health care, social is a broad base collaborative of health care, social services providers, environmental groups, services providers, environmental groups, academic institutions, local businesses, and city academic institutions, local businesses, and city planners whose mission is to “planners whose mission is to “develop healthy develop healthy public policies and activities that accommodate public policies and activities that accommodate the changing conditions of the total community, the changing conditions of the total community, and promotes improvement in the quality of life and promotes improvement in the quality of life of its citizensof its citizens.”.”

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MHTFLocal Board of health

approved principles research in Lawrence, MA

City Council accepted as regulation for all research

Local Policy change Local Policy change

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JSI Research and Training Institute

Casa de Salud (Health House) is a Casa de Salud (Health House) is a community research and education effort community research and education effort

designed to engage the residents of a designed to engage the residents of a majority Latino community in Lawrence, majority Latino community in Lawrence, Massachusetts Primary objectives of the Massachusetts Primary objectives of the

project are to develop and demonstrate the project are to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of neighborhood home-based effectiveness of neighborhood home-based

meetings (charlas).meetings (charlas).



Innovative PartnershipInnovative Partnership

Laborers International Union of North America Local 175

Michael Gagliardi Co-PI

Provides access to over 3000 construction workers, and trainings opprotunities for non-union workers.



University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lenore Azzaroff, PI Researchers, grant oversight, technical health and

safety expertise. And much more…



Lawrence Community Connections, Inc.

Milagro Grullon, Co-PI

New partner (2010), expertise in partnership, network, and coalition building to eliminating health disparities. Work with faith community and neighborhood associations to improve quality of life outcomes.


PenCPenCProject StructureProject Structure

Networking Committee

Outreach TeamIntervention Team Steering

CommitteeMilagro

Doris

Gretchen

Mike

Lenore

Ellie

Maju CoraLuz Small Contractor

Workers Large contractor Susan

Ceferina Sunilda Juan Armando

Residents

Community groups

Healthcare workers

Government agencies

Non-profits

Residents

Insurance companies

Contractors

Workers

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Muchas Gracias por su Muchas Gracias por su atencionatencion

Thank you for your Thank you for your attentionattention

Documents

1 OSHA Latino Summit in Houston April 14-15, 2010 Preventing Falls, Silica Exposures with Latino Construction Workers Milagro Grullón, MM Executive Director,