Development and application of an innovative instrument to assess work environment factors for injury prevention in the food service industry

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• Alternative Title:
  Work
• Personal Author:
  Markkanen, Pia ; Peters, Susan E. ; Grant, Michael P. ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Wagner, Gregory R. ; Burke, Lisa ; Wallace, Lorraine ; Sorensen, Glorian
• Description:
  Background:
  
  With the growth the food service industry and associated high injury and illness rates, there is a need to assess workplace factors that contribute to injury prevention.
  
  Objective:
  
  The objective of this report is to describe the development, application, and utility of a new instrument to evaluate ergonomics and safety for food service workers.
  
  Methods:
  
  Starting with a similar tool developed for use in healthcare, a new tool was designed through a collaborative, participatory process with the stakeholders from a collaborating food service company. The new instrument enables the identification and assessment of key safety and health factors through a focused walkthrough of the physical work environment, and structured interviews exploring the organizational work environment. The researchers applied the instrument at 10 of the partnering company’s worksites.
  
  Results:
  
  The instrument identified factors related to both the physical work environment and organizational and contextual environment (e.g., vendor-client relationships) impacting worker safety and health.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Modern assessment approaches should address both the physical and organizational aspects of the work environment, and consider the context complexities in which the worksites and the industry operate.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Commerce Ergonomics Food Services Human Factors Humans Industry Musculoskeletal Disorders Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Occupational Safety And Health Risk Assessment Safety Management Work Organization Workplace

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• Source:
  Work. 68(3):641-651
• Pubmed ID:
  33612509
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8962498
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 OH010811/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01OH010811/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:495588602dd9f8eea72fe1bc289a31ac431362fa1b4138dedd91bf40f1557120
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115773/cdc_115773_DS1.pdf
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