"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
• Email:
  aramos@unmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Start Date:
  40787
• End Date:
  46630
• 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
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.13 MB ]