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- Vol. 1, No. 2 English (PDF)
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Highlights
- SPALW Meeting Minutes 10-31-07 (PDF)
- SPALW Meeting Minutes 10-12-07 (PDF)
- El Mantenerse Alerta al Manejar
- ASSE Fact Sheet (English)
- ASSE Fact Sheet (English - PDF)
- ASSE Fact Sheet (Spanish)
- ASSE Fact Sheet (Spanish - PDF)
- How to Empower and Communicate with your Spanish Speaking Workforce
- El Diseño y la Seguridad para los Trabajadores de la Construcción
- Designing for Construction Worker Safety by John W. Mroszczyk, Ph.D, P.E., CSP
- SPALW meeting agenda - June 12, 2006 - at SAFETY 2006 in Seattle
- Revisiting the Cahaba Towboat Incident 25 Years Later—A Case Study
- Revisión del Incidente del Remolcador Cahaba 25 Años Después – Un Caso Práctico
- Follow-Up Article on Z10 Standard
- Follow-Up Article on Z10 Standard - In Spanish
- Using ES&H Practices as a Business Strategy
- Utilizando las Prácticas de Seguridad y Salud Ambiental como una Estrategia Comercial
SPALW Newsletter - Vol. 1, No. 2 |
Membership in Safety Professionals and the Latino Workforce (SPALW) is open to all ASSE members. We look forward to your participation!
SPALW Objectives
- To provide an arena for safety directors, managers, supervisors, consultants and others who have a common interest in this subject to discuss, research, develop and implement new suggestions, ideas and recommendations for issues related to the Latino workforce
- To offer important and valuable networking experience whereby individuals interested in safety efforts for the Latino workforce can support each other through existing and new strategies
- To create an avenue and welcomed environment for individuals who have just entered the safety profession or who have existing safety responsibilities
- To share and learn from one another using ASSE safety, health and environmental (SH&E) resources
- To provide an environment and opportunity for one-on-one support through the development of a mentoring program in both English and Spanish
- To lead by example in acknowledging our nation's richness and ethnic diversity and to address issues of safety and cultural diversity, language, customs and traditions among different ethnic groups
- To minimize and control accidents and fatalities
Background
While workplace accidents nationwide are slowly decreasing, accidents among the Latino workforce are on the rise. Reasons for this increase include:
- Misunderstanding of the cultural gap
- Communication barriers
- Inappropriate safety training for the Latino workforce
Meetings
SPALW meets annually at ASSE’s Professional Development Conference. These annual meetings are open to ASSE members and non-members who attend the Professional Development Conference.
Join
To join SPALW, contact jcappello@asse.org with the subject line of "Join Safety Professionals and the Latino Workforce."
To join ASSE, click here.
Listserve
To join the SPALW listserve, contact jcappello@asse.org with the subject line of "Join SPALW Listserve." ASSE membership is required.
Forum
To access the SPALW forum, click here. ASSE Membership is required.
Links
Hispanic Safety and Health Summit
OSHA Spanish-to-English/English-to-Spanish Dictionaries
Contact
For more information on SPALW, contact:
Hector Escarcega
SPALW Chair
HectorEscarcega@aol.com
Zeferino Banda
SPALW Vice Chair
zef@bandagroupintl.com
Hernando "Ernie" Garcia
Executive Secretary
ernie.garcia@honeywell.com