At over 17.5 million workers, Hispanics are the largest minority group in this country, but they account for a disproportionate number of workplace fatalities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that for the year 2003, fatalities among
Hispanic workers accounted for 14 percent of the 5,559 total fatal work injuries. The rate of 4.5 fatalities per 100,000 workers recorded for Hispanic workers was 13 percent higher than the rate of 4.0 fatalities per 100,000 employed recorded for all workers.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is committed to protecting the well-being of American workers, including immigrant workers — regardless of their immigration status. To that end, in August 2001 OSHA established a task force to assess its outreach to Hispanic workers and reduce the number of deaths among these workers. They sought creative solutions to the immigrant worker problems.
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