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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2003. Safety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10641.
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Appendix B
Workshop Agenda

WORKSHOP ON COMMUNICATING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH INFORMATION TO SPANISH-SPEAKING WORKERS

National Research Council

Manchester Grand Hyatt

San Diego, CA

May 29–30, 2002

Wednesday, May 29

Windsor Room, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, CA

8:00 A.M.

Continental breakfast available in meeting room

 

8:30 A.M.

Introductions and review of agenda

Susan Scrimshaw

Committee Chair

8:45 A.M.

Demographics and distribution in the U.S. workforce of Spanish-speaking workers and employers

Scott Richardson

Bureau of Labor Statistics

9:00 A.M.

Discussion and summary

 

10:30 A.M.

Break

 

10:45 A.M.

Discussion and summary (continued)

 

12:00 P.M.

Lunch

 

1:15 P.M.

Examination of occupational safety and health materials currently available in Spanish

Marianne Parker Brown

UCLA-LOSH

1:30 P.M.

Discussion and summary

 

3:00 P.M.

Break

 

3:15 P.M.

Discussion and summary (continued)

 

4:30 P.M.

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2003. Safety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10641.
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Thursday, May 30

Windsor Room, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, CA

8:00 A.M.

Continental breakfast available in meeting room

 

8:30 A.M.

Examination of the informational needs of Spanish-speaking workers, their employers and occupational safety and health practitioners

Tom O’Connor

Consultant, NC Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

8:45 A.M.

Examination of the occupational risks and occupational safety and health communication needs of Spanish-speaking children who are employed or live on farms

Martha Vela Acosta

University of Texas, Brownsville

9:00 A.M.

Examination of the occupational risk and occupational safety and health communication needs of Spanish-speaking workers employed in mining, construction and manufacturing, with emphasis on meatpacking and assembly

Raphael Moure-Eraso

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

9:15 A.M.

Breakout groups

 

10:30 A.M.

Break

 

10:45 A.M.

Breakout groups (continued)

 

12:00 P.M.

Lunch

 

1:15 P.M.

Final discussion and summary session to discuss overarching issues

 

3:30 P.M.

Discussion with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health representatives

 

4:00 P.M.

Adjourn

 

6:30 P.M.

Committee dinner

 

Friday, May 31

Windsor Room, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA

 

Closed Session

7:30 A.M.

Until noon

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2003. Safety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10641.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2003. Safety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10641.
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Approximately 32.8 million persons of Hispanic descent live in the United States, half of whom were born outside the United States (Therrien and Ramirez, 2000). By the year 2050, it is expected that Hispanics will constitute more than 25 percent of the total U.S. population and approximately 15 percent of the U.S. labor force. These estimates and the fact that 90 percent of Hispanic American men and 60 percent of Hispanic American women participate in the U.S. workforce strongly suggest a need for occupational safety and health information in Spanish.

The growing presence of Spanish-speaking workers and employers in the United States and the unprecedented 12-percent increase in the overall rate of workplace fatalities among Hispanic workers in 2000 highlights the need to better communicate occupational safety and health information in Spanish to both employees and employers. To address this need the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is preparing a strategy for developing and disseminating Spanish-language occupational safety and health educational and technical material. To gather information necessary to create this strategic plan the National Research Council (NRC) was asked to host a workshop. The committee commissioned five white papers (see Appendices D-H) and organized a workshop on May 29-30, in San Diego, California.

Safety is Seguridad: A Workshop Summary is a synopsis of the presentations and discussions at the workshop. It does not contain any conclusions and recommendations. The conclusions and recommendations in the white papers represent the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the committee or the NRC. It is intended as input to the NIOSH strategic planning in this area. Chapter 2 discusses the available information and identifies information gaps regarding risks and adverse events for Latino workers. Chapter 3 examines the available health and safety training resource materials for Latino workers, especially for those with little or no English capabilities; in particular, it discusses issues of the linguistic and cultural appropriateness of materials. Chapter 4 considers issues surrounding the assessment of existing materials and the development of new materials. Chapter 5 discusses the various means of conveying information to Spanish-speaking workers, again focusing on cultural appropriateness and ways of maximizing understanding. Chapter 6 summarizes the discussion in the prior chapters and presents some overarching issues raised by the workshop attendees.

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