The Organization of Work: Implications for Injury and Illness Among Immigrant Latino Poultry-Processing Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Burke B ; Carrillo L ; Coates ML ; Grzywacz JG ; Marín A ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  The US poultry-processing industry employs a large number of immigrants and has among the highest occupational illness rates for manufacturing. Previous research has not studied the potential health effects of psychosocial indicators of how poultry-processing work is organized. The investigators collected survey data from 200 immigrant Latinos working in poultry processing. Management practices (eg, poor commitment to safety, abusive supervision) and indicators of job design (eg, authority, variety, psychological workload, frequent awkward posture, and repetitive movement) were associated with risk of recent musculoskeletal problems, respiratory problems, and self-reported injury/illness. The results provide preliminary evidence suggesting that the organization of work underlies injury and illness among immigrant workers in poultry processing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Poultry-workers Respiratory-system-disorders Safety-climate Safety-measures Safety-practices Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health
• ISSN:
  1933-8244
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19-26
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034061
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Occup Health 2007 Mar; 62(1):19-26
• Contact Point Address:
  Joseph G. Grzywacz, Wake Forest University School of Medicine-Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest, NC 27157-1084
• Email:
  grzywacz@wfubmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
• End Date:
  20090831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:99614a78f19d8cde59d3acea47b7c555db235d7ac5cd57158f5884960e6790bfc25fa93d6f72b1f21e33630ffb3564d08114a7768d52fa253fe9003b37b9b711
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189438/cdc_189438_DS1.pdf
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