Personal protective equipment and work safety climate among Latino poultry processing workers in Western North Carolina, USA

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson AM ; Arcury TA ; Carrillo L ; Chen H ; Grzywacz JG ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Job-appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is important for decreasing the high rates of occupational injury experienced by poultry processing workers. OBJECTIVES: This analysis describes the job-appropriate PPE provided to poultry processing workers by their employers and the PPE used by these workers, and it delineates the association of work safety climate with job-appropriate PPE. METHODS: Data are from a cross-sectional study of 403 Latino poultry processing workers in North Carolina. RESULTS: Most poultry processing workers are not provided with nor use job-appropriate PPE; however, more workers use PPE than are provided. The provision and use of PPE differs by employer. Work safety climate was associated with use of job-appropriate PPE. CONCLUSIONS: Poultry processing workers should be provided with job-appropriate PPE. Workers' use of PPE is an indicator of safety climate. Further research about work safety climate and other work organization characteristics and job safety characteristics is needed. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Aging
  • Animals
  • Demography
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Food Handling
  • Food Industry
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Men
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Personal-protection
  • Personal-protective-equipment
  • Workers
  • Work-environment
  • Demographic-characteristics
  • Sociological-factors
  • Injuries
  • Poultry-workers
  • Poultry-industry
  • Analytical-processes
  More +
• ISSN:
  1077-3525
• 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:
  320-328
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042878
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Environ Health 2012 Dec; 18(4):320-328
• Contact Point Address:
  T. A. Arcury, 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:
  International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
• End Date:
  20140929
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194955/cdc_194955_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 104.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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