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Personal protective equipment and work safety climate among Latino poultry processing workers in Western North
Thomas A Arcury1, Joseph G Grzywacz, Andrea M Anderson
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. tarcury@wakehealth.edu
Background:
Job-appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is important for decreasing the high rates of occupational injury experienced by poultry processing workers.
Objectives:
This analysis describes the job-appropriate PPE provided to poultry processing workers by their employers and the PPE used by these workers, and it delineates the association of work safety climate with job-appropriate PPE.
Methods:
Data are from a cross-sectional study of 403 Latino poultry processing workers in North Carolina.
Results:
Most poultry processing workers are not provided with nor use job-appropriate PPE; however, more workers use PPE than are provided. The provision and use of PPE differs by employer. Work safety climate was associated with use of job-appropriate PPE.
Conclusions:
Poultry processing workers should be provided with job-appropriate PPE. Workers' use of PPE is an indicator of safety climate. Further research about work safety climate and other work organization characteristics and job safety characteristics is needed.
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