Reducing Occupational Hazards of Sandy-Related Work of Immigrant Day Laborers

描述(由申请人提供)：皇后学院和Make the Road New York与纽约市卫生和精神卫生部门和新视角咨询公司合作，提议填补职业健康和安全危害知识的重要空白，并为迄今被忽视的劳动力开发和测试应对这些危害的方法-移民临时工，他们参与了因飓风桑迪而受损的建筑的翻新和新建筑(FOA优先事项2)。这项工作是重要的、具有挑战性的，而且是可以实现的。研究的目标有三个方面：1)对拉美裔建筑日工在与桑迪相关的恢复建筑工作中遇到的工作场所进行260次工作场所安全和健康危害评估；2)确定潜在的障碍和促进者，以保护从事此类工作的拉丁裔建筑临时工的安全和健康；以及3)编制、评估和传播针对已确定的障碍和促进者的教育和培训材料，以加强拉美裔建筑临时工和其他参与灾后重建工作的拉丁裔建筑临时工的职业安全和健康。这项拟议的研究利用了一个特殊的机会，以目前的Make the Road New York and Queens College培训项目为基础，在该项目中，500名移民临时工正在接受培训，并获得全套个人防护设备，以便在拆除、清理和重建被飓风桑迪破坏的建筑物时工作。拟议的研究方法将涉及：1)开发和使用安全和危险工作场所评估工具，包括核对表和照片记录；2)使用工人焦点小组和关键线人访谈，以深入了解移民工人更安全工作场所的障碍和促进者；3)开发、测试和评估灾后环境中为移民劳工量身定做的培训。总体项目评估将遵循一个逻辑模型，并具体说明中间和最终结果。拟议研究的产出将包括关于灾后重建中职业危害流行情况的报告、安全和危险清单工具、针对低识字率人群加强安全和健康的障碍和促进者的培训课程、移民人口以及传播培训课程主要信息的教材。中期和最终成果是提高社区组织和职业保健界在灾后重建中保护移民临时工的能力，从而减少他们的疾病和伤害。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Queens College and Make the Road New York, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and New Perspectives Consulting, propose to fill important gaps in knowledge about occupational health and safety hazards and to develop and test methods of addressing those hazards for a heretofore neglected workforce - immigrant day laborers who are involved in renovation and new construction of buildings damaged as a result of Hurricane Sandy (FOA Priority #2). This work is important, challenging, and achievable. Study aims are threefold: 1) to conduct 260 workplace safety and health hazard assessments at worksites encountered by Latino construction day laborers in Sandy-related recovery construction work; 2) to identify potential barriers and facilitators for protecting the safety and health of Latino construction day laborers engaged in such work; and 3) to develop, evaluate, and disseminate education and training materials tailored to the identified barriers and facilitators to enhance occupational safety and health for Latino construction day laborers and others working in post-disaster reconstruction. The proposed research exploits an exceptional opportunity to build on a current training project of Make the Road New York and Queens College in which 500 immigrant day laborers are being trained and provided with a full set of personal protective equipment to work in demolition, clean-up, and reconstruction of buildings damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Proposed study methods will involve: 1) development and use of safety and hazard worksite assessment tools, including checklist and photo-documentation; 2) use of worker focus groups and key informant interviews to gain insight into barriers and facilitators of safer workplaces for immigrant workers and 3) development, testing, and evaluation of training tailored to immigrant laborers in post-disaster settings. Overall project evaluation will follow a logic model and specify intermediate and end outcomes. Outputs of the proposed research will include a report on the prevalence of occupational hazards in post-disaster reconstruction, safety and hazards checklist tools, a training curriculum that addresses barriers and facilitators to enhanced safety and health in a low literacy, immigrant population, and educational materials that disseminate the key messages of the training curriculum. Intermediate and end outcomes are an enhanced capacity of community organizations and the occupational health community to protect immigrant day laborers in post-disaster reconstruction with consequent reduction in their illness and injury.