OSHA & Illegal Immigration

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Wonder if anyone has had any experience with workers on job sites who cannot speak English creating a safety problem. Also have any OSHA inspectors commented on the safety issues related to this problem?
 
grant said:
Wonder if anyone has had any experience with workers on job sites who cannot speak English creating a safety problem. Also have any OSHA inspectors commented on the safety issues related to this problem?
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Here is a OSHA Interpretation that basically says employees have to be trained in a language they can understand. This particular interpretation has to do with hazardous chemicals.

04/10/1988 - The employer must provide the 1910.1200 verbal training in a language that is comprehensible.

But here is another that seems to swing the other way.

02/24/1988 - Requirements for labels in a language other than English.

I searched the Federal OSHA site for a bit and that was all I came up with.


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iwire said:
Here is a OSHA Interpretation that basically says employees have to be trained in a language they can understand. This particular interpretation has to do with hazardous chemicals.

04/10/1988 - The employer must provide the 1910.1200 verbal training in a language that is comprehensible.

But here is another that seems to swing the other way.

02/24/1988 - Requirements for labels in a language other than English.

I searched the Federal OSHA site for a bit and that was all I came up with.
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Immigration? I agree that it is an employers responsibility to provide an interpretor or else provide education for the employees that have a language barrier, even if OSHA doesn't require it. After all, they hired 'em, they need to make sure they can understand the dangers on the job.

Illegal immigration
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That's different, because illegal immigration is... illegal.
 
iwire said:
Here is a OSHA Interpretation that basically says employees have to be trained in a language they can understand. This particular interpretation has to do with hazardous chemicals.

04/10/1988 - The employer must provide the 1910.1200 verbal training in a language that is comprehensible.

But here is another that seems to swing the other way.

02/24/1988 - Requirements for labels in a language other than English.

I searched the Federal OSHA site for a bit and that was all I came up with.


Moderator note: Just heads up folks, stay on topic, do not get into a discussion or rant about immigration etc. Posts off topic will be removed.
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Funny, I don't see my local teaching French or Spanish!
Oscar Meyer had a way, with B-O-L-O-G-N-A:mad:
 
grant said:
Wonder if anyone has had any experience with workers on job sites who cannot speak English creating a safety problem. Also have any OSHA inspectors commented on the safety issues related to this problem?
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Interesting but I have had more problem with english speaking individuals and safety. Look around and you'll see that 99% of the safety violations are created by the bosses and their workers who speak english.

In answer to part 2 I do not know the answer.
 
Minuteman said:
iwire said:
Here is a OSHA Interpretation...
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Immigration? I agree that it is an employers responsibility to provide an interpretor or else provide education for the employees that have a language barrier, even if OSHA doesn't require it. After all, they hired 'em, they need to make sure they can understand the dangers on the job.
Illegal immigration
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That's different, because illegal immigration is... illegal.
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I think that sums it up nicely.
 
I have dealt with this and it can be hard to get the required information across.

I have dealt with this and it can be hard to get the required information across.

I have had to train the folowing at one time, russian, vietnamese, thai, cambodian, english, spanish.

i have hired an Interpreter at one time but that can run you easily $100 plus an hour.

I finally was able to get the ones from each group that could speak and understand english and then inturn have them Interpret for me. It is a good idea to have someone else who can speak verify what they have stated since you don't want it lost in translation.

I had one group say I was being a racist since I couldn't get them trained on the forklifts, but I couldn't get them to verify the required information and after discussing this with OSHA they stated that I was warranted based on safety and not due to nationalities.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
Interesting but I have had more problem with english speaking individuals and safety. Look around and you'll see that 99% of the safety violations are created by the bosses and their workers who speak english.
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I agree with Dennis
 
joebell said:
I agree with Dennis
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Thats true, i was working on a job for my company in arizona. We were short guys so they hired a bunch of temp guys, it toke forever for us to explain things to them, (the temp agency said they did electrical before but I couldnt tell) But they did work safe, and it was our guys that got cited for safety issues by the general contractor.
 
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