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Electronic Newsletter Meant To Reduce Work Injuries In New York Among Hispanics

"This electronic newsletter is the first of its kind for OSHA," said Patricia K. Clark, OSHA's regional administrator. "Our goal is to present important and useful safety and health information in a clear, readable and easily accessible format." "We want to inform our readers and encourage them to take positive steps to ensure safe and healthful workplaces," said Jose A. Carpena, newsletter editor and OSHA's area director in Puerto Rico.

"Knowledge is the one tool workers and employers need to understand, to identify and to eliminate occupational hazards before they hurt workers," said Diana Cortez, OSHA's regional Hispanic coordinator. Topics in the first issue include an overview of OSHA's role, responsibilities and services; health hazards posed by exposure to silica dust; a Spanish/English dictionary of OSHA terms; OSHA's Spanish-language construction e-tools; OSHA's alliance program; public-service announcements by Orlando Cepeda and Rey Mysterio; and a list of outreach and training programs and activities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.