| Send2Press.com • Today is Saturday, July 04, 2009 | A Member of the Neotrope News Network |  |
 Search Send2Press.com: |
|
|
|
PRESS RELEASE : U.S. and World News :
Construction and Building
News
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
El Constructor Latino Magazine Reaching Out to Families of Fallen Construction Workers
Wed, 04 Apr 2007, 22:00:00 EDT Edited by Christopher Simmons    El Constructor Latino Magazine has organized an event called Latino Construction Workers Day on Sunday, April 15, 2007 DULUTH, Ga. - Apr. 4 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A 45 year-old Hispanic laborer was working on the roof of a plant, located in Whitfield County, vacuuming rock from the membrane roofing system so the roof could be worked on. He was pulling the vacuuming hose used to collect the rock when he tripped and fell onto an exposed skylight. The victim fell 26 feet to the floor below. The fatal accident occurred on February 17, 2006. This is an actual story taken from OSHA's fatality report from 2006. A total of 27 workers died on the job in Georgia last year. The number of deaths among Latino workers has been steadily increasing over the last few years as Georgia's construction industry has exploded. In an effort to honor all the workers that died in 2006 and to promote work place safety, El Constructor Latino Magazine has organized an event called Latino Construction Workers Day on Sunday, April 15, 2007 from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM at the Duluth Town Green in Downtown Duluth, GA. The event is being organized by El Constructor Latino Magazine along with the Mexican Consulate of Atlanta, OSHA and Georgia Tech. The event will include free safety classes (in Spanish) in the morning and a bilingual memorial for the fallen workers in the afternoon. As part of the memorial, which begins at 1:00 PM, 27 doves will be released for each of the construction workers that died on the job last year. 27 bricks have also been engraved and will be installed at the Duluth Town Green Park with the name of each worker. El Constructor Latino has been trying to reach family members and loved ones throughout the state of Georgia of the 27 workers to invite them to the memorial service. Below are listed the names of the 27 fallen workers. If your loved one is on this list or if you recognize a name, please contact the El Constructor Latino office at (770) 476-7678 for more information. Rest in Peace:
Kevin Clayton George Collins Nicolas Cortez Michael Cox Bertin A. Diaz Ricardo Diaz L. S. Dunnells Sam Fairbee Gary Foster David Garrish David Green Jose Lopez Oscar Lucas Ruben Maloy Joran Martinez Richard Morgan M. Mosqueda Hugo A. Paz R. Sabellona Alberto Sanchez Gerardo Sanchez Jesus Saucedo Ernest Stamper Angel Vazquez Cesar Velasquez David Walton El Constructor Latino is the southeast's premier bilingual construction publication for the Latino community. Topics cover a broad range of construction issues including safety and regulations, product usage and trends, insurance, accounting, legal matters and new business start-up information. Text provided by the news source.
NEWS SOURCE: El Constructor Latino
Send2Press® is the originating wire service for this story. Terms of Use
THE CONTENT OF THE ABOVE PRESS RELEASE WAS PROVIDED BY THE NEWS SOURCE, WHO IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ACCURACY. FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS STORY CONTACT THE NEWS SOURCE AND NOT THIS WEBSITE (SEND2PRESS® NEWSWIRE).
Latest News from Send2Press Newswire:
Additional News on Similar Topics:
|
More News from this Company
Reader Resources
Main Send2Press® News Channels
Subscribe to Weekly News Alert
from Send2Press Newswire
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
MEDIA READS (by media and public, as of today): 2726 times (2 today, 13 this week,
9 this month, 482 this year)
Site Design and Content is Copr. © 1983 - 2009 Neotrope® - All rights reserved. Send2Press® is a reg. trademark and service mark of NEOTROPE.
Press Release Writing | About Send2Press | Meet Our Staff | Contact Us | Our Services | Help Desk | Legal | Privacy | How-To Articles | RSS Feeds | Headline Feeds | Podcast | PR News Channels | Top-10 News | Success Stories | PRTRax™ Reader Tracking | Targeted News Distribution | Internet Marketing Services | Order PR Services | Terms of Service (TOS) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Google
Reddit
Diigo
Delicious
Yahoo!
Digg
Blinklist
Blogmarks
Mixx
Facebook
Newsvine
