Work safety climate, personal protection use, and injuries among Latino residential roofers

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Grazywacz JG ; Lang W ; Mills TH III ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA ; Rushing J ; Summers P
• Description:
  Background: This analysis describes work safety climate, personal protective equipment (PPE) use, and injuries among Latino residential roofers, and examines the associations of work safety climate with PPE use and injuries. Methods: Eighty-nine North Carolina residential roofers completed a baseline interview and daily logs about perceptions and use of PPE, occurrence of injuries in last 12 months, and work safety climate. Results: The mean work safety climate score was 26.5 (SD¼5.6). In the baseline interview, participants reported that the majority of employers provided PPE and that they used it most or all of the time; daily log data indicated that PPE was used for half or fewer of hours worked. 39.9% reported any injury in the last 12 months.Work safety climate was significantly correlated with the provision and use of most types of PPE, and was inversely associated with injury. Conclusions: Supervisors promoting safety may increase the PPE use and decrease injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Demography Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Construction Workers Demographic-characteristics Health Disparities Humans Immigrant Health Injuries Minority Health Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Racial-factors Roofing-industry Safety-climate Sociological-factors Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  69-76
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045376
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Jan; 58(1):69-76
• 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:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c1c982129c3b8f73bb6bdaada42cf8b9742ee6b87fbdfe77c7bedb0f21333b0f82b0d5207a3bd788bc2ac58747c1651cdcb6c8ebebd10f97bd7bab57c92357fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200822/cdc_200822_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 373.53 KB ]