Organization of work in the Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishing Sector in the US Southeast: implications for immigrant workers' occupational safety and health

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• Personal Author:
  Casanova V ; Fraser C ; Grzywacz JG ; Lipscomb HJ ; Monaghan P ; Neis B ; Vallejos QM
• Description:
  Background: There is widespread agreement that work organization is an important element of occupational safety and health, but the health effects of many aspects of work organization are likely to vary considerably across different sectors of work and geographies. Methods: We examined existing employment policies and work organization-related research relevant specifically to immigrant workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (AgFF) Sector of the US workforce focusing, when possible, on the southeastern US. Results: A number of specific aspects of work organization within AgFF subsectors have been described, but most of this literature exists outside the purview of occupational health. There are few studies that directly examine how attributes of work organization relevant to the AgFF Sector affect workers', much less immigrant workers', occupational health exposures and outcomes. Conclusions: In contrast to the broader literature, research linking occupational health outcomes to work organization in the AgFF Sector is limited and weak. A systematic program of research and intervention is needed to develop strategies that eliminate or substantially mitigate the deleterious health effects of occupational exposures whose origins likely lie in the organization of AgFF work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Forestry Hunting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Author Keywords: Immigrant Workers Fishing Industry Forestry Workers Immigrant Workers Literature Review Occupational Health Safety Work Organization
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New Jersey ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042971
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2013 Aug; 56(8):925-939
• Contact Point Address:
  Joseph G. Grzywacz, PhD, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, 700 N. Greenwood Avenue, 2120 Main Hall Tulsa, OK 74106-0700
• Email:
  joseph.grzywacz@okstate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• 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-512:205a40165b293b0742d24069aa568554a0fae8322c1333b88aec10e8cd88d4a2e634450fbd298dcd9bbe40808986cb2c2779bb221884af47ca023325ada82f61
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195016/cdc_195016_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 479.48 KB ]