Young workers, Latino workers, new entrants to the industry, and those working for small contractors have been found to be at a higher risk for an injury or fatality than the construction workforce as a whole. Reaching these workers and their employers can be challenging because they are often unorganized and work on very small or isolated projects. Many work in the residential sector. The CPWR Resources on Latino Workers, Young Workers, and Small Businesses in the Construction Industry was compiled to advance safety and health with these important target audiences, and the following recent research and materials were developed:
Latino workers and small contractors:
- The Safety Climate Assessment Tool for Small Contractors (S-CATsc) (resources are also available in Spanish)
- Pilot-testing the Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CATsc) for Small Hispanic Construction Firms
- CPWR’s Latino Construction Worker Resource Collection
- CPWR Literature Review and Environmental Scan for Better Translation of Research to Practice in Residential Construction
- Reaching and Influencing Small Residential Contractors’ Safety and Health Practices
- Promoting adoption of fall prevention measures among Latino workers and residential contractors: Formative research findings. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 58: 870–879
- 2007 Conference Report on Immigrant Workers in Construction – Labor Occupational Health Program and CPWR
- Using Mobile Phone Marketing Technology to Increase Safety Meeting Frequency among Small Residential Construction Companies
- Best Built Plans (Spanish) planning and training resources to help contractors reduce injuries associated with manually lifting and moving materials on job sites. The Best Built Plans program is an output of the Ergonomics Community of Practice
Women in the Trades
- “Construction Personal Protective Equipment for the Female Workforce“ provides a quick reference to help women find PPE that fits and protects.