Overview of immigrant worker occupational health and safety for the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (AgFF) Sector in the Southeastern United States

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Grzywacz JG ; Sidebottom J ; Wiggins MF ; Arcury TA ; Grzywacz JG ; Sidebottom J ; Wiggins MF
• Description:
  Background: Manual labor in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (AgFF) Sector is provided primarily by immigrant workers. Limited information is available that documents the demographic characteristics of these manual workers, the occupational illnesses, injuries and fatalities they experience; or the risk factors to which they are exposed. Methods: A working conference of experts on occupational health in the AgFF Sector was held to address information limitations. This paper provides an overview of the conference. Other reports address organization of work, health outcomes, healthcare access, and safety policy. Contents: This report addresses how best to define the population and the AgFF Sector, occupational exposures for the sector, data limitations, characteristics of immigrant workers, reasons for concern for immigrant workers in the AgFF Sector, regulations, a conceptual model for occupational health, and directions for research and intervention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Decision Making Forestry Hunting Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Immigrant Workers Decision-making Fishing Fishing-industry Forestry-workers Health-care Health Disparities Manual-materials-handling Medical-treatment Migrant Workers Minority Health Occupational-health Racial-factors Risk-factors Safety-measures Work-operations Work-organization Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042970
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2013 Aug; 56(8):912-924
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine Medical, Center, Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084
• Email:
  tarcury@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100401
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20210331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:def8416d2a7cf02cb7fdd8f69ef67eb7d3051321f2ab5e736be07e2b2581e4670eb39049a81ee2d08ede4eaee077ac139948405f2ee853f1a9fbadd171927bab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195015/cdc_195015_DS1.pdf
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