From: Monona Rossol <actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CSB Chair: Hazardous work takes toll on Latinos
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:44:56 -0400
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I use Sigma-Aldrich as well, and that feature is so cool,  Problem is, S-A doesn't sell Simple Green, paint strippers or other toxic commercial products.  So the best I can do is get S-A SDSs on some of the major ingredients. 
 
And our unions are looking at the possibility of putting together a data base on a large number of common solvents and chemicals.  We would only provide the Section 11's from the EU SDSs on these chemicals, the ones that provide all the test information, both known and unknown.   That's the information that is most divergent from the US OSHA SDS minimum requirements and the information we need most.
 
 
 
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
President:  Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE
181 Thompson St., #23
New York, NY 10012     212-777-0062

 
 
 
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From: Beth Shepard <beth.shepard**At_Symbol_Here**SIAL.COM>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Sent: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 10:50 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CSB Chair: Hazardous work takes toll on Latinos

Good morning--

The Sigma-Aldrich labels contain hazard information in multiple languages on the right-hand side of the labels. US SDSs are available in both English or Spanish on the Sigma-Aldrich website. 

SDSs in other languages can also be accessed there. Change your "country" under the "Account" drop-down & then search for your chemical. The SDS accessed there will be in the corresponding language. I just tried Poland & Finland & got SDSs in that both Polish & Finnish.

Beth


On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Mark Ellison <Mark**At_Symbol_Here**tanktrailercleaning.com> wrote:
"If the language barrier regulations are complied with, the most expensive workers that employers can hire are the ones they can pay the lowest salaries to."
 
Monona, you hit the nail on the head, there my dear.
 
 
Mark Ellison
 
From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Monona Rossol
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 11:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CSB Chair: Hazardous work takes toll on Latinos
 
I wouldn't divide the number into Latinos and other.   I would like to see those statistics by how long the workers have lived here (irrespective of where they came from) and their proficiency in English and their level of education.  I worked in district in New Jersey with construction and cleaning people who where primary poorly educated and Polish.  The trainings done were in English, the labels and MSDSs were in English, the bosses only spoke English.  The propensity to misunderstand safety rules and being basically untrained for the job is huge.
 
I am on a committee dealing with the hazards faced by NYC nail and beauty salon workers which are primarily Viet Namese and other Asians. We are getting materials translated in several languages for them.
 
The OSHA regulations clearly require that the trainings be held in the language spoken by the workers, and that the MSDSs and labels be in that language.  I have never seen that actually happen.
 
If the language barrier regulations are complied with, the most expensive workers that employers can hire are the ones they can pay the lowest salaries to.
 
 
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
President:  Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE
181 Thompson St., #23
New York, NY 10012     212-777-0062

 
 
 
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From: Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Sent: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 11:02 am
Subject: [DCHAS-L] CSB Chair: Hazardous work takes toll on Latinos
Hazardous work takes toll on Latinos 
 
By Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso 
March 22, 2015  | Houston Chronicle  
 
 
 
Introductory Excerpt:
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As the chairperson of the U.S. federal agency that investigates chemical disasters, I am concerned for all workers. But as an immigrant from Colombia, where I first studied chemical engineering, I have a heightened concern for Latinos who work in and around chemical facilities across Texas and in the U.S. Their fatality and injury rates are disproportionately high.
 
In 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 4,405 workers were killed on the job in the United States. This represents an overall fatality rate of 3.2 workers killed for every 100,000 in the workplace; thankfully the rate has been dropping. But for Latinos, the fatality rate has actually increased to 3.8 per 100,000 workers. In human terms, it represents 797 Latino workers gone from their wives, husbands, children, and communities. That is two Latino lives lost at work every day in 2013.
 
...
 
 
Ralph Stuart
Secretary
Division of Chemical Health and Safety
American Chemical Society
 
 
 
 


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