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Promoting Healthy Built & Work Environments in Chinatown: Presentations on the Chinatown Restaurant Worker Health Project & Pedestrian Safety and Environmental Health Conditions in Chinatown Shaw San Liu, Chinese Progressive
Shaw San Liu, Chinese Progressive Association Deland Chan, The Chinatown Community Development Center Cyndy Scully & Megan Gaydos, SFDPH Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability September 7, 2010 Health Commission Meeting
Pedestrian Safety and Environmental Health Conditions in Chinatown
Organizational Partners
Chinese Progressive Association’s Staff & Worker Organizing Committee
SF Dept of Public Health
UCB School of Public Health
UCB Labor Occupational Health Program
UCSF School of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Worker-administered community survey (n= 433)
SFDPH-administered observational checklist (n= 106)
Focus groups and interviews
Evaluation
Committees: Coordinating, Restaurant Worker Leadership, Survey/Data, Evaluation, Publications, Policy
From Minkler, et al. AJIM 2010 Apr; 53(4):361-71.
Labor Laws Posters displayed¹ YES
SF Minimum Wage 30% SF Paid Sick Leave 24% Worker’s Comp Info 15%
Hazards Observed YES
Cooks wearing long-sleeved shirts or cook jackets 10% Range tops overcrowded with cookware 70% Sufficient quality non-slip mats 48% Floors are dry, not wet and greasy 38% Proper storage of knives 13% Adequate ventilation 63% Adequate lighting 72% Fully stocked first aid kits4 18% Slicing, grinders and food processors guards5 18%
4 Only 19 of the 106 restaurants
(18%) had a fully stocked first aid kit at time of observation. Of the remaining restaurants, 13 did not have any first aid kit and 74 only had bands aids.
5 Only 4 of the 22 restaurants with a
slicer, grinder, and/or food processor had a protective guard. This item was not applicable to 79%
Who hasn’t been yelled at by their boss? It happens every day, but people probably
it made them cry. We used to call our boss Crazy Dog because he lost his temper so much.
Females more likely to work “front of the house”
64% not receive job training
40% experience cuts
48% experience burns
14% experience falls
22% experience pain caused or worsened by work
< 1% report injury to workers comp
2% received medical care
54% pay out of pocket for med. care 38% enrolled in Medi-Cal 28% enrolled in Healthy SF 3% receive employer-based health ins. 42% yelled at by supervisor, coworker, or
customer
Many workers experience wage theft
Preventable occupational hazards and “Low Road” practices common
High unemployment & immigration fuel fear
Very unlikely that problems are unique to Chinatown
“High Road” practices better for employees’ health, well-being and retention, decrease public taxpayer burden, prevents “race to the bottom”
Increased labor law enforcement, worker awareness and protections, and interagency collaboration needed
Documentation of conditions faced
↑ capacity of worker leaders
↑ collaboration between org. partners
CPA develops Low Wage Worker Bill of Rights and launches Progressive Worker Alliance
DPH & OLSE using Director’s Hearings to hold abusive employers accountable
DPH & LOHP exploring inspector engagement; DPH, OLSE & DIR exploring collaborations
Disseminating findings (peer-reviewed journals, presentations, outreach to employers, OSHA, and labor agencies, etc)
Report Launch
1042 Grant Ave, 4th Fl
Mar & Campos to introduce wage theft
DPH increasing focus on health impacts of low wage work
Worker centers identifying “High Road” and “Low Road” practices & employers
Chinatown has the Highest Traffic Volume Density of any San Francisco Neighborhood.
The Pedestrian Collision Rate is 3 times higher than the City Average.
78% of the households live within 150 meters of a truck route and ½ of the Pedestrian Fatalities involved a truck
Only 17% of households own cars, but Chinatown residents are disproportionately impacted by traffic.
Chinatown residents are predominately low income, elderly and monolingual
Funding/Collaboration Methods
PEQI quantifies street and
Intersections in Chinatown
Poor pedestrian street
Community Feedback – Longer pedestrian countdown signals at the signalized intersections. – Sidewalks narrow and congested due to merchandise encroachment. – Need more crosswalk treatments, additional signs and lights embedded in the pavement. – The majority of perceived dangerous intersections are located along Stockton and Powell Streets.
Stockton Street has the highest traffic volume, highest pedestrian volumes, most pedestrian collisions and worse PEQI street segment scores. Ranked Priority Area List 1) Stockton Street Corridor 2) Broadway Corridor 3) Columbus Avenue Corridor 4) Kearny Street Corridor 5) Powell Street Corridor 6) Grant Avenue Corridor 7) Mason and Washington Intersection 8) Montgomery and Clay Intersection
– Ensure high volume roads are signalized and add crosswalk scrambles at the Stockton and Broadway intersection. – Reroute or reduce the amount
Chinatown and also add additional truck route signs. – Encourage transportation improvements that reduce traffic volume and speed, such as bulb outs and curb extensions – Create safer intersection crossings by having shorter crossing distances and increased crossing speed
Publicize report,
SFDPH’s Recommendations CCDC’s Next Steps
RWH Project
Funders and I nstitutional Support:
Coordinating & Steering Committees
Xiong, Rong Wen Lan, Hu Li Long, Christy Wu, Pei Yu Huang
Additional Supporters
Bai, Jennie Lu, Natalie Gee, Qi Ting Zhao, Henning Chu, Alex Cooper, Elizabeth Hom, Margaret Lee
Hollis, Terrence Hong, Richard Lee, Mohammed Malhi, Eric Mar, Timothy Ng, Lisa O’Malley, Imelda Reyes, Alicia Saam, Calvin Tom, Kenny Wong, Karen Yu
CCDC Pedestrian Safety Needs Assessment
Funders and I nstitutional Support:
from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency through the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Traffic Safety Group.
Coordinating & Steering Committees
Lam, Cindy Wu
Rajiv Bhatia
Additional Supporters
Daniel Martinez Bean, Abigail Shull, Sandra Wong, Greg Wong
Improvement Project (TRIP): Wil Din, Harvey Louie
shawsan@cpasf.org dechan@chinatowncdc.org Megan.gaydos@sfdph.org Cyndy.comerford@sfdph.org