San Francisco Chronicle, April 29, by Tyche Hendricks
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/29/BAE710D82V.DTL&type=printable
Workers who don’t speak or read English are often at greater risk because they don’t understand safety instructions, Blanco said. And for some immigrants, the need for the job is so great that they’re less willing to walk away from a risky situation, she said…. “Two things could make a huge difference. First, job training and postings have to be bilingual. And since it’s easy to see the industries where the deaths are focused, it should be possible to have targeted accident education and enforcement.”