Making Safety a Priority for All Employees: How Translations Can Help |
| Published: March 31, 2008, 9:46 am |
| Tags: spanish translation, translation buyers |
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Some sobering statistics about workplace safety for Latinos in the U.S.: In 2006, there were nearly 1,000 Latino workplace related deaths in the U.S. (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) Latino workers’ fatality rate was 21 percent higher than all workers in 2006 (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) More than one out of three Latinos killed on the job worked in a construction related field. The causes behind these stats are complex, but if your company has many limited-English speaking workers, the first step in ensuring the safety and productivity of your workers is to provide safety information in your workers’ native language. This is especially true in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing sectors where it’s common to find English-speaking supervisors and Spanish-speaking workers. While the latter group may speak enough English to get by, their English reading skills may not be strong enough to [ Full article ] |
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