Federal Farmworker Housing Standards and Regulations, Their Promise and Limitations, and Implications for Farmworker Health

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Jacobs IJ ; Ruiz V
• Description:
  The housing available to most farmworkers is substandard and unacceptable in 21st-century America. The federal government established minimal occupational safety and health standards applicable to migrant farmworker labor camps decades ago, and some states have statutory schemes and regulations that set standards for farm labor camps and employee housing. Many of these federal and state regulations no longer reflect current employment and housing trends, and enforcement success varies greatly. These regulations implicitly recognize the connection between housing conditions and health, but do not effectively address that connection. This review describes the current state of farmworker housing, discusses laws and regulations pertaining to such housing, and highlights the literature on health risks associated with inadequate housing. We propose specific recommendations to strengthen enforcement and reduce the risks of substandard housing for the health of farmworkers and their families. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Farmworker Environmental Health Farm Workers Health Housing Migrant Workers Regulations Seasonal Workers
• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Kentucky ; North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047588 ; nn:20047589
• Citation:
  New Solut 2015 Nov; 25(3):334-352
• Email:
  ann@mcmoss.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aa378d7edcb7f0fbb4cd80b9a019b73e91c8ef19e45c7cd204ea749ae61793f5f0081ae93aa5d06ff34269742cfbb86d2dfb01c5646958cc39f10bea2adfefe5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202603/cdc_202603_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 146.98 KB ]