The Day Laborers' Health and Safety Workbook
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The Day Laborers’ Health and Safety Workbook UIC Edition Written and Produced by The Rutgers Occupational Training and Education Consortium (OTEC) and New Labor Copyright © 2009 Rutgers OTEC All rights reserved Table of Contents The Latino Occupational Safety and Health Initiative........................................ iv About This Book .................................................................................................. v Organizations........................................................................................................... vi The Small Group Activity Method......................................................................... viii Activity 1: Job Fear............................................................................................... 1 Task 1......................................................................................................... 2 Task 2......................................................................................................... 14 Activity 2: Excavations.......................................................................................... 33 Task 1......................................................................................................... 34 Task 2 ........................................................................................................ 36 Activity 3: Ladder Safety....................................................................................... 59 Task............................................................................................................ 60 Activity 4: OSHA Rights and Responsibilities..................................................... 83 Task 1......................................................................................................... 84 Task 2......................................................................................................... 94 Task 3......................................................................................................... 106 Activity 5: Introduction to Ergonomics................................................................. 125 Task 1......................................................................................................... 126 Task 2 ........................................................................................................ 134 Activity 6: Electrical Safety................................................................................... 149 Task 1......................................................................................................... 150 Task 2......................................................................................................... 160 Activity 7: Fall Protection..................................................................................... 178 Task 1......................................................................................................... 179 Task 2......................................................................................................... 182 Activity 8: Scaffold Safety...................................................................................... 213 Task 1......................................................................................................... 214 Task 2......................................................................................................... 216 Activity 9: Hand and Power Tools........................................................................ 245 Task 1......................................................................................................... 246 Task 2......................................................................................................... 258 ii Activity 10: PPE and CPC................................................................................... 271 Task 1......................................................................................................... 272 Task 2......................................................................................................... 290 Activity 11: Toxic Myths and MSDSs.................................................................. 305 Task 1......................................................................................................... 306 Task 2......................................................................................................... 316 Activity 12: Concrete and Masonry Safety.......................................................... 339 Task............................................................................................................ 340 Activity 13: Confined Spaces............................................................................... 369 Task 1......................................................................................................... 370 Task 2......................................................................................................... 372 Task 3......................................................................................................... 378 Activity 14: Fire Safety......................................................................................... 403 Task 1......................................................................................................... 404 Task 2......................................................................................................... 420 Appendix A: Chemical Protective Gloves............................................................ 435 Appendix B: Silica................................................................................................ 441 iii The Latino Occupational Safety and Health Initiative The Latino Occupational Safety and Health Initiative (LOSHI) was established by New Labor and the Rutgers Occupational Training and Educational Consortium (OTEC). Through partnerships with employers, staffing firms, unions and community and faith based organizations LOSHI has developed a series of comprehensive site- specific safety and health training programs, trained over 100 worker- trainers and delivered thousands of hours of training to Latino workers throughout New Jersey. Day Laborers in the Construction Industry In the U.S. Latino workers are an essential component of the construction industry. In fact since 1980, the number of Latinos employed in construction has quadrupled—from 342,000 to more than 1.4 million. The distribution of Latinos in the construction industry is highly concentrated among the laborer/helper occupations. In 2004, construction laborers accounted for one out of every four construction fatalities. Because of their concentration in the most dangerous jobs, language barriers, lack of training and other factors, the fatality rate for immigrant Latinos in construction is 44 percent higher than for construction workers as a whole and 20 percent higher than that for all Latinos. Immigrant Latino day laborers in construction are in desperate need of information and training that will enable them to recognize the myriad hazards they encounter moving from jobsite to jobsite, to protect themselves from these hazards, and where possible work with co- workers, supervisors, and contractors to make their jobs safer. The goal of the Day Laborers Health and Safety Training Program is to provide high quality Spanish language occupational safety and health training that addresses the needs of Latino immigrant day laborers in construction. iv About This Book Development of the activities for The Day Laborers’ Health and Safety Workbook was informed by a series of focus groups in which day laborers described their working conditions and health and safety experiences. Drafts of these activities were then tested in a series of trainings with day laborers in New Brunswick, Red Bank, Lakewood, Dover and Orange and their feedback helped shape the versions included in this book. Insight into the experience of immigrant day laborers would not have been possible without the extraordinary efforts of the New Labor members who have worked as peer organizers/ trainers/researchers on this project. This work has been funded through a three year grant from the Center to Protect Workers Rights National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Research Consortium. v Organizations Occupational Training and Education Consortium The Occupational Training and Education Consortium (OTEC) partners with unions, employers and other organizations to develop innovative training programs that work toward strengthening the existing systems of safety in the workplace. Relying on participatory educational models, OTEC is committed to building a lasting “culture of safety” in workplaces in New Jersey and around the country. For more information about OTEC’s programs and services, contact: Occupational Training and Education Consortium The Labor Education Center Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8553 Phone: (732) 932-1740 OTEC Staff Michele Ochsner, Director Carmen Martino, LOSHI Project Director Debbie McNeill, Program Coordinator Illustrations Mark Hurwitt E-mail: [email protected] website: www.hurwittgraphics.com Latino Union of Chicago 1619 W. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608 312-491-9044 [email protected] Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues 1020 W. Bryn Mawr, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60660 773-728-8400 For general inquiries e-mail [email protected] vi New Labor New Labor is an alternative model of worker