A Case-Control Study: Job Demand and Control, and Lacerations Among Pork-Processing Workers in the Midwest

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• Personal Author:
  Lander L ; Mittleman MA ; Perry MJ ; Smith LM ; Sorock, Gary S. ; Stentz TL
• Description:
  Objective: We conducted a case control study examining associations between job demand and control and laceration injuries in the pork-processing industry. Methods: Cases were selected from workers who experienced a laceration injury at a pork-processing plant, and controls were selected from workers at the same plant who had not experienced an injury. Cases were paired with controls based on plant and day of week and 142 matched case-control pairs were interviewed. Job demand and control was measured using Karasek scales (shortened version). We used conditional logistic regression to estimate the association between potential determinants and laceration incidence. Results: Cases were more likely to report higher total job demands (OR=1.8, CI:1.1-3.1), whereas there was no difference among cases and controls for job control (1.2; 0.7-1.9). Among individual items, compared to controls, cases were more likely to report their job requires excess work (2.1; 1.3-3.7), and also more likely to report their job requires them to be creative (1.9; 1.1-3.1) and learn new things (1.8; 1.1-3.0). Conclusions: Important associations were seen between job demand and injury. Having a pork processing job that requires learning and creativity was also associated with injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Food-Processing Industry Food Industry Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Animal Products Workers Author Keywords: Injury Risk Food Processing Workers Injuries Job Stress Meat Packing Industry Occupational Exposure Psychological Factors Risk Factors
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Massachusetts ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059227
• Citation:
  APHA 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 29 - November 2, 2011, Washington, D.C. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2011 Oct; :253484
• Contact Point Address:
  Melissa J. Perry, ScD, The George Washington University, Environmental and Occupational Health, 2300 Eye Street, NW, Washington DC, DC, USA 20037
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 29 - November 2, 2011, Washington, D.C.
• End Date:
  20110831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f2d1d5cd00a1730f529ddd759687901ecf97a38998ac1af2ff13200549a308e1140a0ab741191721e0e0172dfc4a53364a9aa368c00717de13bf9ab1898f68e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223515/cdc_223515_DS1.pdf
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