Occupational Safety Perceptions, Personal Protective Equipment Use, and Injury Experience of Latino Roofers

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Grzywacz JG ; Lang W ; Mills T ; Mora D ; Quandt SA ; Rushing J ; Summers P
• Description:
  Construction is one of the most hazardous industries; within construction, roofing is one of the most hazardous trades. Many roofers are Latino immigrants who have among the highest occupational injury rates in construction. The aim of this analysis is to delineate the occupational safety perceptions and practices of Latino residential roofers in NC. Participants included male Latino residential roofers who completed a baseline interview (n=89) and daily logs over one week (n=78). Participants had worked in roofing an average 7.4 years. About 60% indicated that they had received some safety training. Although most participants felt that safety was important to supervisors (86.5%) and that they were regularly made aware of dangerous conditions (79.7%), most also felt that taking risks was part of their job (70.8%), that they would be injured in the next year (83.1%), and that supervisors do not do as much as possible to make their jobs safe (79.5%). Workers reported using personal protective equipment (PPE), including eye protection, cut-resistant gloves, hard hats, and harnesses, about two-thirds of the time. Occupational injuries among the workers in the past year were common; 14.6% reported a strain or sprain, 20.2% a cut, 5.6% a burn, and 16.9% a contusion. Ten percent were currently taking a medication for a work-related injury. Work safety climate was associated with PPE use and injury. Greater effort is needed to improve occupational safety among Latino roofers, including better safety training and enforcement of current occupational safety regulations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health And Safety Construction Industry Construction Workers Health Disparities/Inequities Injuries Personal Protective Equipment PPE Roofers Roofing Safety Practices
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062013
• Citation:
  APHA 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 15-19, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2014 Nov; :299420
• Email:
  tarcury@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 15-19, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:edb0088521740d77d0faf0449adba5fb82691ae993789e46fca8e667ea38aee77132c95aadaccdc0ff39d65e84c83bb61c57a491bd63d9d4f58f2ada7e2ff34a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225339/cdc_225339_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 52.14 KB ]