WNYC – October 24, 2013, by Mirela Iverac - In New York, the majority of those who die working in construction are Latinos and immigrants, according to a new report from the Center for Popular Democracy.

Between 2003 and 2011, 74 percent of the people who died after a fatal fall while working at construction sites were Latinos and other immigrants.

Pedro Corchado, injured while working in the Bronx in 2008, said, “I was basically up on the ladder, and the ladder collapsed on me. I fell about 11 feet or so to the concrete floor. I suffered neck and lower back injuries that will be with me the rest of my life.”

Corchado spoke in Astoria, in front of a site where earlier this year a construction worker died after he fell through the floor.

Authors of the report say that Latinos face more risk because they often work for non-union contractors.

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