Prevention in Day : -specific Fact Sheets LauraLaura Cristal Cristal Magaña Magaña1,1 ,Noah Noah Seixas Seixas22,, PhD;PhD; JaniceJanice CampCamp2,MSN, MSPH, CIHCIH 1Oregon1Oregon State State University; University; 2 Dept2Dept of of Environmental Environmental andand OccupationalOccupational Health Sciences, University ofof WashingtonWashington Occupational Injury Prevention for Jornaleros Results Occupational Injury Prevention for JornalerosThe first set of factResults sheets were created on the following topics: PROBLEM: • HRI to target summerFact sheets jornalero were created on the following topics: Jornaleros, orPROBLEM: day laborers, experience higher injury rates than the average • Maintenance and•Heat cleaning related topics, illness including: (HRI) to target summer jornalero jobs worker. DifferentJornaleros factors, or day put laborers them at , increasedexperience risk, higher including injury ratesdaily than the • Chemicals •Maintenance and cleaning topics, including: variation in employeraverage andworker. job, and Different minimal factors safety puttraining them. Casa at increased Latina (CL) risk, including • Lifting and carrying•Chemicals is a worker centerdaily invariation Seattle whichin employer supports and Latino job, jornalerosand minimal. safety . Casa • Organic dust •Lifting and carrying Latina (CL) is a worker center in Seattle which supports Latino • Biological •Organic dust SOLUTION: jornaleros. •Biological hazards Previously, surveysSOLUTION: conducted at CL found that injury rates are high Twenty-one jornaleros attended the HRI training. They were enthusiastic, attentive, and •Chemicals among day laborersPreviously, and surveys as a result, conducted weekly at safety CL found training that focusing injury rates on arewanted high additional work related training sessions. The training consisted of the following injury preventionamong began. day Throughlaborers theand training, as a result, it was weekly found safety that there was focusingteaching methods: • PowerPoint presentationExample: of HRI [paste in HRI worker fact sheet] also a need foron a injury resource prevention that worke began.rs could Through take with these them, trainings, as well asit wasfor found that materials that could be used at the center to reinforce trainings. • Five skits enacting HRI situations there was also a need for a resource that workers could take with• Handouts on HRI them, as well as for materials that could be used at the center to • Class discussion reinforce trainings. Two sample fact sheets are shown below. Methods

Methods• Reviewed literature on day labor and discussed worker center needs with CL administrators •Reviewed literature on day labor and discussed worker center needs • Attended CL domestic workers’ program and withheard CL administrators women’s needs and concerns related to •Identifiedhouse cleaning five categories of day labor work to be addressed in fact sheets• Identified five categories of day labor work to be •Decidedaddressed on ina one-pagefact sheets format with English & Spanish translations, with• separate Decided onsets a forone-page worker formatcenter withdispatchers English and & jornaleros •JornaleroSpanish translations,fact sheets needwith separatemore graphics sets for and worker less text to accomodatecenter dispatchers variable and literacy jornaleros levels • Reviewed training materials and other resources for graphics and text to accommodate variable literacy levels Conclusions • Developed a heat related illness (HRI) training These fact sheets may help to prevent and illnesses in class as well as a HRI fact sheet to reinforce the jornaleros, as a supplement to safety trainings and as a readily training available resource. CL dispatchers can use the fact sheets as reference material when communicating job assignments to jornaleros. Focus groups will be conducted to ensure that the fact sheets are effective for jornaleros with limited .

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