Introduction “Risk perception and cultural differences of Latinos across residential, commercial, and heavy civil construction”, is a masters theses submitted by Kane Bormann to the Construction Management department of the Colorado State University. In this article, the researcher explores the social cultural obstacles that perpetuate the many incidences of injuries among the Latino workers in the construction industry. Bormann also looks at role of the employees in ensuring system security (Bormann, 2012). The researcher also goes further to assess the perceptions the Latino construction workers have regarding safety culture and risk. Bormann’s study explored responses of 219 Latinos and identified major variations across the construction industry in matters pertaining to work, productivity, and quality over safety, their satisfaction with being monitored, comprehension of safety standards, safety of the workplace, and readiness to take greater risks. The researcher’s objective was, therefore, to come up with quality results to advance the existing knowledge, as well as contribute in minimizing the considerable injuries and safety risks the Latinos experience in the construction sector (Bormann, 2012). Statement of the research problem In comparison to other sectors of the economy, the construction sector leads in incidences of injuries and fatalities. Latino workers are the ones who experience most injuries and fatalities, mostly as a result of social cultural factors. However, the construction sector employing Latino workers could also influence the safety standards. Given the increasing proportion of the Latino population in the United States, they are likely to contribute to a significant ratio of the national workforce. This, therefore, calls for exploration of factors that predispose the Latinos to increased risks of injury than the other populations (Bormann, 2012). Various studies investigating the disproportional risks of injury experienced by Latino construction workers have focused on aspects like communication barrier and cultural differences (Vázquez & Stalnakar, 2004). In this article, Bormann sought to determine the influence particular construction industries have on the safety standards, based on individual perceptions on risk. Bormann was of the view that variation in challenges existing in various construction sectors could influence people’s perceptions about safety risks as shaped by their cultural and language differences, subsequently contributing to the negative experiences the Latino workers undergo in the construction sector (Bormann, 2012). Research procedure This study was cross-sectional in design, based on a previous study to assess safety culture and risk perception differences between Latino and non-Latino construction workers. This early study employed a survey methodology to collect and analyze data, thus Bormann’s study was cross-sectional by default. The cross-sectional survey helped in generating data that can be generalized in the entire population, thus enabling evaluation of population features, perceptions and habits. A survey also has the benefits of generating immediate responses; therefore, it enables the researcher to gather data f