"No somos máquinas" (we are not machines): worker perspectives of safety culture in meatpacking plants in the Midwest.

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• Personal Author:
  Carvajal-Suarez M ; Molina D ; Quintero S ; Ramos AK ; Rowland SA ; Trinidad N
• Description:
  Background: Currently, surveillance of non-fatal agricultural injuries in the U.S. mainly relies on national surveys, and to date, none of these surveys were formally reviewed. Our objective was to review and evaluate these survey-based systems, to identify critical gaps in them and provide recommendations to improve them. Methods: We used the updated Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to describe each system and evaluate each system's attributes like simplicity, flexibility, data quality, timeliness, representativeness, etc. Results: Four adult and two youth national surveys collected data for non-fatal agricultural injuries in the U.S. The evaluation identified three major gaps: 1) insufficient data quality attributed to non-response, measurement errors, and underreporting; 2) untimeliness of data; and 3) lack of flexibility to integrate with other existing systems. Conclusion: Improving data quality, timeliness and flexibility will provide reliable and valid injury estimates, and increase the usefulness of these surveys for surveillance and prevention of farm injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emigration And Immigration Food-Processing Industry Food Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Food Manufacturing; Hispanic/Latino; Meatpacking; Occupational Health; Safety; Vulnerable Workers Meat Packing Industry; Food Processing Workers; Immigrant Workers; Industrial Exposures; Safety Culture; Work Organization; Occupational Exposure; Worker Health; Occupational Health Disparities;
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  84-96
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065008
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2021 Feb; 64(2):84-96
• Contact Point Address:
  Athena K. Ramos, PhD, MBA, MS, CPM, Department of Health Promotion, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984340 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4340, USA
• Email:
  aramos@unmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da2684410f813a5b22c7ffe435fc51062924a4caa29c9b181b95fedd793e54961458225242fad4ed4c845b7b3dcf9a0f777c9b36b0bd6ab84fa31eed616df401
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248621/cdc_248621_DS1.pdf
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