Q&A
Council member inquires about the importance of timely workplace fatality data
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Council Member Julie Menin asks about the significance of having real-time data on workplace fatalities and how it would be utilized. The speaker, Mike McGuire, responds by emphasizing the importance of timely information, particularly for immigrant workers.
- Timely data helps track fatalities among Latino and immigrant workers, who may scatter quickly after incidents
- Real-time information aids in recognizing dangerous industry trends
- Quick data collection is crucial for bringing justice and implementing necessary changes
Julie Menin
0:21:09
Thank you so much for your testimony.
0:21:11
We've now been joined by my colleague, council member, Dela Rosa, before I turn it over to her for a statement.
0:21:17
Just a couple of questions on your testimony.
0:21:20
Can you talk a a bit about why it's so important to have real time, real timely data on workplace fatalities and how you would utilize this data.
Mike McGuire
0:21:32
Okay.
0:21:32
Well, I mean, I think certainly on the real time data comes into play in a big way when we take into account the fact that 85 percent of the the fatalities on the constructions, I mean, you know, obviously, I represent labor, so I speak from the construction side.
0:21:45
But but are Latino or immigrant workers.
0:21:49
The problem with that not having timely information, particularly with immigrant workers, is the immigrant workers, if unfortunately they're undocumented, they don't stay in the same place very long.
0:21:58
Something happens traumatic like that on a job site, somebody dies, somebody help.
0:22:02
People scatter, and then that data gets lost and nobody gets nobody brings justice to bear on the people who are the cause of this.
0:22:11
It's just extremely important to get it out there as quickly as Buffalo, and it also helps us recognize industry trends.
0:22:17
Where we see dangerous practices starting to pop up, and they need to be changed.
0:22:21
So, yeah, I think the time we timely data is extremely important.
