Firms turn to bilingual safety training in Arizona

Posted on: July 17th, 2006
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“Valley businesses are increasingly turning to bilingual safety training in an effort to curb the growing number of work injuries and workplace deaths among Hispanics.

However, some workers and safety managers say much work is needed to get more companies to invest in such programs.

“It’s a struggle sometimes, and it’s unbelievable what some subcontractors won’t do,” said Eric Loring, director of safety for Turner Construction. “They don’t want to spend the time and money to give the proper training.” “

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