Employer differences in upper-body musculoskeletal disorders and pain among immigrant Latino poultry processing workers

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Chen H ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA ; Rosenbaum DA
• Description:
  Between-employer differences in working conditions may lead to variable injury rates. The objective of this paper is to assess the difference in the prevalence of epicondylitis, rotator cuff syndrome, and low back pain among immigrant Latino poultry workers at plants of three different employers. Data were collected from a cross-sectional study among 286 poultry processing workers. Community-based sampling was used to recruit participants in western North Carolina. Rotator cuff syndrome (26.7%) and low back pain (27.9%) were more prevalent among employees of one specific employer. Multivariate analysis showed significant associations of low back pain and rotator cuff syndrome with age, task performed in the processing line, and employer. Employer is a major predictor of musculoskeletal disorders and pain. Line speed and work pace may account for these differences and provide an opportunity for regulation and intervention to protect the health of workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Food Industry Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Demographic-characteristics Humans Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Poultry-industry Poultry-workers Racial-factors Sociological-factors
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• 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:
  384-394
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045129
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2014 Oct; 19(4):384-394
• Contact Point Address:
  Sara A. Quandt, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  squandt@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20140929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4b0791d29d6badc13202fa614542803e598bb397acd2aeb04bb81cbca20268a295e09d6807e66d6f5413b8f599a2c3db309d9bf61eabe886d43a2fd8f2555422
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200654/cdc_200654_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 423.48 KB ]