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Fatal injuries among Hispanic construction workers
| dc.creator | Bryson, Elizabeth Anne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:20:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:20:00Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2003 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2003-THESIS-B796 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-67). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States and make up a large portion of the construction industry. This study was conducted to determine if Hispanic construction workers are injured at a higher rate than their non-Hispanic counterparts. Data was obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the United States Census Bureau on the number of Hispanics and non-Hispanics employed for Texas and the United States, the number of fatal injuries in the construction industry in the United States and Texas, and the distributions of workers by race and trade. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out. The chi-square goodness-of-fit test was used to analyze the data. The ethnicity of the workforce in general was compared to the ethnicity of the construction workforce for both the United States and Texas. The ethnicity of the construction workforce was compared to the ethnic distribution of injuries in the construction industry. The number of injuries by trade was found and analyzed. The results of this study can be used by the construction industry to help identify the success of safety programs and to determine if the safety needs of Hispanic construction workers are being met. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | construction management. | en |
| dc.subject | Major construction management. | en |
| dc.title | Fatal injuries among Hispanic construction workers | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | construction management | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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