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:: Friday, September 03, 2004 ::
Scaffold law works - don't undermine it By By ANDREW FRIEDMAN , New York Daily News
Immigrant workers, especially Latinos, would be the most likely to pay the price for contractors' negligence if the law is changed. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction is one of the most dangerous industries, accounting for 20.8% of all workplace deaths in 2001. Latinos account for a fast-growing share of the construction workforce. In 2001, they held 17.4% of construction jobs nationally, up from 10.2% in 1993. Their share of New York City construction jobs is substantially higher.
It is often immigrant construction workers who take on the most dangerous jobs at the riskiest construction sites and who get injured the most. Seven of the 25 workers who were killed by accidents at New York City construction sites between October 2001 and September 2003 were classified as day laborers, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Almost every major scaffolding accident in the past 12 months has involved immigrants.------------------------------------------- posted 8:06 AM :: reference link ::
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