Hispanics dying on job at higher rates than others

Associated Press ^ | 6-5-08 | Mike Stobbe

[N. Theknow]

Hey! Watch out!

Que?

[stan_sipple]

Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh stirring things up on the job (sarc)

[Abathar]

Well, when you come up and work construction without speaking English and you displace a large percentage of other workers it only follows your incident rate will increase.

Maybe they should have reversed the findings and announced that Caucasian death rates had fallen drastically. I guess that wasn’t in their agenda though.

[DainBramage]

Alright...its time for more white guys to die...lets make it even.

You first Im half coonass.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Just send them all back home for their own safety.

[Sybeck1]

Do leaf blowers require training?

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s a “government study” so it must be true!

[Clemenza]

Foreign born, non-English speaking people in hazardous occupations die at a higher rate than others. Just ask my great-grandfather.

America's dirty little secret: cheap foreign labor has driven the lower end of the labor force for nearly two centuries.

Of course, the media has to make a big deal out of this. Can't we just abolish the "hispanic" category anyway? Why is it that the American government puts everyone from Latin America (whether they be white Argentineans or mestizo Mexicans) into one category anyway?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"Hey! Don't step on that!"

"No hable inglish!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"

[stan_sipple]

these workers need better training on how to stage less harmful work accidents.

[count-your-change]

From my own experience Hispanic are more willing to take risks on job. That willingness cost one fellow his life where I last worked.

[weegee]

language and literacy barriers and poor training and supervision may also be factors

You think? You pay subpar wages and you will get underskilled workers.

[weegee]

Caucasian isn't used to distinguish “white people” elsewhere in the world. It is an erroneous label.

[BigCinBigD]

I'm sure replacements are redly available.

[Clemenza]

The only people who are caucasian are the Armenians and Georgians. As I tell idiots (usually other white people, btw) who use the term, I tell them "do I look like Stalin to you?" Probably lost to them, as half don't know who Stalin is, while the other half think he is Russian, not Georgian.

I'd rather be called white devil, peckerwood, or Ofay than "caucasian."

[AuntB]

“The researchers calculated an annual death rate of 5 per 100,000 Hispanic workers in 2006. “

Keep them home and there won’t be any casualties, other than by their own countrymen!

How about the death rate of US citizens by murder or drunk driving by ‘hispanics’? I bet it’s more than 5 per 100,000.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I'd rather be called white devil, peckerwood, or Ofay than "caucasian."

If you'd move south from that God-forsaken state you live in, I'll put in the paperwork to make you an honorable "cracker."

[BloodOrFreedom]

Looks like someone found a way to counter the influx of illegals over our borders...

[zerosix]

"Many of the Hispanic workers in construction are undocumented, and many of those who are recently arrived do face a language barrier," said Rakesh Kochhar, associated director for research at the Pew Hispanic Center."

Doesn't this just make you want to heave your oatmeal? For God's sake, who made these people come here, not learn the language, use fraudulent IDs, anyway?

Since when is it the fault of the U.S. when someone sneaks into our country, knows no or very little English, steals or buys stolen IDs, then gets a job that should go to an American citizen or at the very least, someone with permission to work here?

"Hurt on the job?" Go home where you understand not only the language, but the work standards, etc.