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:: Thursday, May 27, 2004 ::
Labor Officials Want To Improve Safety For Latino Workers Reporter: Cullen Browder, WRAL.com
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Latino workers are taking part in the most dangerous professions like construction and agriculture in North Carolina. Too many times, safety falls short, so officials are looking at ways to address the issue.
Officials claim someone is killed every eight days on a job site in North Carolina. Many times, the victims are Latino, who make up a staggering 70 percent of all construction workers in the state. Now, there is a new effort to improve their safety record.
Last week, a worker was killed at a Smithfield lumber company when he became trapped in a mountain of sawdust. In March, a laborer died in Holly Springs when he was crushed under a concrete culvert. That same day, another worker died at Carter-Finley Stadium when a steel reinforced column collapsed. All three workers were Latino.
Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Highlights Hispanic Worker Safety U.S. Newswire------------------------------------------- posted 6:52 AM :: reference link ::
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