Traumatic injury rates in meatpacking plant workers

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• Personal Author:
  Brooks M ; Culp K ; Rupe K ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  This was a 3-year retrospective cohort study of traumatic injuries in a midwestern pork meatpacking plant. Based on n = 5410 workers, this was a diverse workforce: Caucasian (56.6%), Hispanic (38.9%), African American (2.7%), Asian (1.1%) and Native American (0.8%). There were n = 1655 employees with traumatic injuries during this period. At 6 months of employment, the probability of injury was 33% in the harvest workers who were responsible for slaughter operations. The overall incidence injury rate was 22.76 per 100 full-time employees per year. Women experienced a higher incidence for injury than men. The risk ratio (RR) for traumatic injury was significantly lower in Hispanic workers compared to Caucasians (RR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.49-0.60) and nonsignificantly higher in African American and Native American workers after adjusting for age, gender, work section assignment, and experience (RR = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.21-1.47). These findings suggest that either Hispanics are very safe employees or they underreport injuries. We make the case for the latter in the discussion. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Aging Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Pathology Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Adolescents Age-groups Author Keywords: Work Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers Humans Injuries Meat-handlers Meat-packing-industry Meat Processing Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Risk-factors Sociological-factors Traumatic-injuries Workers

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7-16
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040613
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2008 Jan; 13(1):7-16
• Contact Point Address:
  Kennith Culp, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, 50 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52241
• Email:
  ken-culp@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Wholesale and Retail Trade ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a59ee9d5d9ac558df570a7b5c2c0cf305685f9946ae677f9904d9db0250392239845f8a8fb0a2d8ed30816fe7dd21527ba050e8f5f5e5d99412331f50cb5b6f5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193412/cdc_193412_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 292.79 KB ]