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SUMMARY Creative processes/standards by

OSHA/Fed. Gov’t that allows access to Hispanics in areas of S/H/E

Day laborers are crosscutting between all areas

Communication/training needed

Vulnerable populations

Traffic safety

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ISSUES Protect workers

- Free to report injuries- “Whistle blower” mentality- Worker education, training, communication > Spanish language

Traffic safety issues- Migrant farmworkers- Women

Violence in workplace

Legal services- Rights- Permits- Database info/system

> support H/S

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TRAFFIC SAFETY Travel to and from work Women and Maquiladona’s Standards/definitions to protect workers Traffic safety all encompassing

- Leading cause of death under 24 Licensing issues > uninsured motorists

Own traffic safety tract? Profiling Non-usage of child safety seats Pedestrian safety Vulnerable populations - Women

- Children- Elderly- Language- Undocumented workers/day laborers- Driver fatigue/impaired driving (motor trace)

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CONSTRUCTION

Falls not just Hispanic

Language barriers

Hispanics tend to work in riskier trades

Knowledge of rights

Who:- Center project to workers rights- Industry > construction companies- Small business/foreman supervisors- Day laborers

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WHO

Latina/women’s groups- Mana- Dialogue on diversity- Now > more active in S/H/E area

BLS - Data

National manufacturing standards

Agriculture and children