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 Protective Clothing Safety Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Analytical-processes Author Keywords: Manufacturing Demographic-characteristics Food-handlers Humans Immigrant Workers Injuries Organization Of Work Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Personal Protective Equipment Poultry Poultry-industry Poultry-workers Safety-clothing Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Work-environment Workers Work Safety Culture

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• 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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1a34a84dfe97b8cab542f7323c7bbab4b2383638e02bb70f1b42ed3d091a210e47ca6ee33d601b6cbb3914ffe1c79f78ab3deded3adc92ca9498c6775e2e683
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194955/cdc_194955_DS1.pdf
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