ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Occupational Health and Safety
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1638490
This article is part of the Research TopicEnhancing Health and Safety for Productivity in the Construction SectorView all 10 articles
Hazardous work exposures and working conditions and the risk of serious injury among Latino day laborers in Houston, Texas (2014-2021)
Provisionally accepted
Maria Eugenia Fernandez-Esquer1*
Cesar Pinzon-Gomez2*
Celeste Monforton3Yuan Li4
Vahed Maroufy4Martha Ojeda5
Anabel Rodriguez6- 1Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
- 2Department of Enviromental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
- 3Department of Health and Human Performance, Texas State University, San Marcos, United States
- 4Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
- 5Worker Justice Alliance, Houston, United States
- 6Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
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Maria Eugenia Fernández-Esquer was the Principal Investigator of the studies used for this report and was responsible for the study design, interpretation of the data, and writing, review, and approval of the final manuscript. She is accountable for all aspects of the accuracy and integrity of the work.Celeste Monforton contributed to drafting the manuscript and data interpretation Cesar Gomez-Pinzon managed the data, contributed to data analysis and interpretation and drafting of the manuscript.Yuan Li managed the data, led/contributed to the data analysis, and contributed to the data interpretation and drafting of the manuscript.Vahed Maroufy led the data analysis and contributed to the data interpretation and editing of the manuscript.Martha Ojeda contributed to the data interpretation and review of the manuscript.Anabel Rodriguez contributed to the review of the manuscript.
Keywords: Day laborer, Immigrant worker, occupational safety, vulnerable workers, Work environment, Work-related injuries, Worker safety
Received: 30 May 2025; Accepted: 16 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Fernandez-Esquer, Pinzon-Gomez, Monforton, Li, Maroufy, Ojeda and Rodriguez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Maria Eugenia Fernandez-Esquer, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
Cesar Pinzon-Gomez, Department of Enviromental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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