Latinos more likely to die on the job
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‘Latino workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported Thursday,’ says an Associated Press story.
‘Latinos tend to hold more high-risk jobs than other ethnic groups, but language and literacy barriers and poor training and supervision may also be factors, researchers said. The leading causes of death in recent years have been falls and highway-related accidents.’
’ ‘Many of the Latino workers in construction are undocumented, and many of those who are recently arrived do face a language barrier,’ ‘ said Rakesh Kochhar, associate director for research at the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan think tank.’
-- Reed Johnson in Mexico City
