# Presentation: 577208

## Slide 1

## OSHA Hispanic Taskforce

**August 24, 2004 **
**Denver, CO**

## Outline

**Overview of the Home Building Industry**** **
**Hispanics in Residential Construction**
**NAHB Hispanic Safety Outreach **** **

**Notes:**
        Legislative Guidebook presents model state enabling legislation for planning, zoning, subdivision, and growth management issues.  

        It is not a single model code, but presents multiple alternatives with explanatory comment on a wide range of land use planning issues.  Many of these issues affect a builder or developer’s day-to-day activities and ability to get a permit.

## What Is Residential Construction?

**Generally applies to single homes (detached single family) **_**and**_** townhomes (attached single family)  **
**Condominiums or apartments usually not included**

## OSHA’s Definition of Residential Construction

**...****where the working environment, materials, methods and procedures are essentially the same as those used in building a typical single-family home or townhouse.**

## OSHA’s Definition of Residential Construction

**Residential construction is characterized by:**
**Materials: Wood framing (not steel or concrete); wooden floor joists and roof structures.**
**Methods: Traditional wood frame construction techniques.**
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**	****	****From: OSHA STD 03-00-001 - STD 3-0.1A **

## Traditional Materials

## Traditional Methods

## Traditional Materials ?

## Residential Construction Facts

**Over 80% of NAHB members are “small businesses” **
**NAHB members will build about 80% of the 1.8 million new homes in 2004  **
**Value of of ALL construction put in place= $84 billion **
**Residential construction accounts for nearly 50% of this amount or approximately $42 billion **

## NAHB’s Membership

**215,000 Total NAHB Members**
**34% are Builders**
**66% are Associates**

## How Many Homes Do Companies Build Each Year?

## NAHB Statistics

**81% of the Single Family Builders build fewer than 25 Homes per Year**

## Single Family Builders  THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES:

**Custom Builders**
**Small Volume Builders**
**Production Builders**

## Related Construction Activities

**Remodeling**
**Land Development**
**Commercial Construction**
**Multifamily Development**

## Hispanics In Residential  Construction

**Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of residential construction labor force**
**In some markets, Hispanics comprise 77% of the residential construction labor force**

## Hispanics In Residential  Construction

**Many diverse Latino groups: **
**Mexicans (#1 group) **
**Puerto Ricans **
**Salvadorians **
**Hondurans **
**Guatemalans **
**Even Colombians and Argentineans from South America**

## Working in Many Trades CARPENTRY/FRAMING

## Working in Many Trades PAINTERS

## Working in Many Trades PLUMBING

## Working in Many Trades INSULATION

## Working in Many Trades CONCRETE FINISH WORK

## Working in Many Trades DRYWALL

## Working in Many Trades LANDSCAPE FINISHING

## Working in Many Trades MASONRY

## Working in Many Trades CONCRETE FORM WORK

## Working in Many Trades HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

## Working in Many Trades ROOFING

## Working in Many Trades VINYL SIDING INSTALLATION

## Working in Many Trades CLEANING

## Working in Many Trades PUNCH OUT CARPENTRY

## Working in Many Trades LABORER

## Issues

**Communication issues: many don’t speak English (or even read Spanish)**
**Lack of proper training**
**Not enough training specialists who speak Spanish **
**Lack of resources to attend training**
**GC/Subcontractor(s) relationships (tiered)**

## NAHB Hispanic Safety Outreach 

**NAHB/OSHA Alliance**
**Publications**
**Training**
**Video**
**Future?**

## Alliance

**Focusing on Hispanic outreach**
**NAHB-OSHA Scaffold Safety Handbook**
**Orientation video**
**Hispanic safety summit in Orlando, FL**

##  Safety Orientation Video

##         Bi-Lingual Actor

## English/Spanish Publications

***NAHB-OSHA Scaffold Safety Handbook***
**Covers types of scaffolding used in residential construction**
**Written in plain language**
**Distributed 2,800 this year**

## English/Spanish Publications

***NAHB-OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook***
**Covers key safety issues**
**Identifies safe work practices**
**Written in plain language**
**Distributed 36,000 since 2002**

## English/Spanish Publications

***Toolbox Safety Talks***
**52 talks specifically for residential construction**
**Topics include:**
**Electrical**
**Fall protection**
**Trenching/excavation**
**PPE**
**Tools**
**HAZCOMM**

## English/Spanish Publications

***Jobsite Phrasebook***
**Spanish translations and pronunciations**
**Common jobsite phrases for the most heavily populated Hispanic construction fields**

## English/Spanish Publications

***Spanish In-A-Pinch: Construction Safety***
**Unique pronunciation key**
**Construction safety reminders**
**Accident reporting**
**Construction safety commands**
**Emergency contact information**
**Safety expressions**

## Spanish Training

***Recognizing the “Big-4” Safety Hazards for the Home Building Industry***
**Falls from elevations (e.g., floors, platforms, roofs), **
**Struck-by (e.g., falling objects, vehicles), **
**Caught-in/between (e.g., cave-ins, unguarded machinery), and **
**Electrical shock (e.g., overhead power lines, power tools and cords)**
**How to develop a company safety plan**

## Spanish Training Video

**Orientation video**
**Spanish speaking host**
**Follows *****NAHB-OSHA Jobsite Safety Handbook***

## Spanish Outreach

**2004 & 2005 International Builders’ Show**
**Protecting the Hispanic Worker**
**Hispanic Workers, Safety and Your Companies Bottom Line**
**NBN Online Articles**
**El Nuevo Constructor**
**Fall Protection with guardrails**
**Scaffold Safety**

## Obstacles

**Safety and the uneven playing field**
**Lack of bi-lingual trainers**
**Translation of materials**
**Piece work and hours worked**
**Training: Lack of resources**
**Subcontractors are tiered**
**Cultural differences**
**Communication**

## Future Outreach EffortsFOCUSING ON “BIG-4” Hazards

**Trenching Safety Handbook**
**Fall Protection Handbook and video**
**Scaffolding video**
**Trenching video**

## Construction Safety Resources

**Director—Labor, Safety and Health Services**
** **Rob Matuga – (202) 266-8507
**Senior Manager—Labor, Safety and Health Services**
** **George Middleton – (202) 266-8590

## Questions or Comments?

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