Employer, use of personal protective equipment, and work safety climate: Latino poultry processing workers

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson AM ; Arcury TA ; Carrillo L ; Chen H ; Grzywacz JG ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: This analysis describes the work safety climate of Latino poultry processing workers and notes differences by worker personal characteristics and employer; describes the use of common personal protective equipment (PPE) among workers; and examines the associations of work safety climate with use of common PPE. METHODS: Data are from a cross-sectional study of 403 Latino poultry processing workers in western North Carolina. RESULTS: Work safety climate differed little by personal characteristics, but it did differ consistently by employer. Provision of PPE varied; for example, 27.2% of participants were provide with eye protection at no cost, 57.0% were provided with hand protection at no cost, and 84.7% were provided with protective clothing at no cost. PPE use varied by type. Provision of PPE at no cost was associated with lower work safety climate; this result was counter-intuitive. Consistent use of PPE was associated with higher work safety climate. CONCLUSIONS: Work safety climate is important for improving workplace safety for immigrant workers. Research among immigrant workers should document work safety climate for different employers and industries, and delineate how work safety climate affects safety behavior and injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Animals Demography Eye Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management Sense Organs Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Analytical-processes Author Keywords: Immigrant Workers Demographic-characteristics Eye-protection Eye-protective-equipment Food-processing Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers Health Disparities Humans Minority Health Organization Of Work Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Poultry-industry Poultry-workers Safety-climate Safety-measures Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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:
  180-188
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042834
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2013 Feb; 56(2):180-188
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  tarcury@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20140929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e8d49cd3cb9c4c20cb35f40cbdef54e2d474d3758cb1de8d0a72a4a7c33490ab47bfdd1a34957e0016353c9943732da4f8eab78ccc8210491657a2e9572ac9ac
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194932/cdc_194932_DS1.pdf
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