Association of bodily discomfort with occupational risk factors in poultry slaughterhouse workers

Tirloni, Adriana Seára; Reis, Diogo Cunha dos; Ramos, Eliane; Moro, Antônio Renato Pereira

doi:10.15446/dyna.v84n202.62168

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“…The results of the present paper showed that almost half of the workers felt cold in the hands (49%), corroborating with other studies [ 23 , 25 , 26 ]. The body regions that most workers complained of feeling cold were hands (35%) and feet (31.7%) [ 23 ].…”

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“…It is considered an artificially cold environment in slaughterhouses when the temperature is lower than 10–15 °C, depending on the region of Brazil where the plant is located [ 18 ]. Studies in slaughterhouses found that the workers presented some discomfort in relation to the cold, in general and in the hands, when exposed to artificially cold environments [ 17 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 ].…”

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“…A study with 290 poultry slaughterhouse workers established that 41.4% felt cold [ 23 ], and in another research with 72 pig slaughterhouse workers, cold was felt by 44.4% [ 26 ]. In opposition, an appraisal of 312 poultry slaughterhouse workers corroborated that the majority felt cold during the workday (62.5%) [ 25 ].…”

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“…The body regions that most workers complained of feeling cold were hands (35%) and feet (31.7%) [ 23 ]. For pig slaughterhouse workers, it was the feet (68.8%) and the hands (28.1%) [ 26 ], and in another research, it was again the feet (56.2%) and the hands (42.8%) [ 25 ]. In all previous studies, the hands presented less than half of the cases, however, in a poultry slaughterhouse ( n = 76), 61% of the workers felt cold in their hands [ 27 ], 78% of the poultry slaughterhouse workers felt cold at different intensities: mild (18.1%), moderate (29.5%), and very cold (30.4%) [ 16 ].…”

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“…Recent studies indicate that slaughterhouse workers presented low hand temperatures, despite wearing protective gloves [ 16 , 17 ], and bodily discomfort [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Considering that such studies are still scarce, there is a substantial knowledge gap regarding the finger temperatures of poultry slaughterhouse workers.…”

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This study analyzed the finger temperatures of poultry slaughterhouse workers and its association with personal and organizational variables, bodily discomfort perception, and cold thermal sensation. The study included 143 poultry slaughterhouse workers. A thermograph was used to measure finger temperature and an interview to collect worker data. There were two groups: workers who used a tool and those without. The binary logistic regression, Friedman and Wilcoxon tests were used (p ≤ 0.05). Most workers presented at least one finger with an average temperature ≤15 °C (66.4%) and ≤24 °C (99.3%), perceived their cold hands, and wore three overlapping gloves (57.3%). There were no associations between finger temperatures (≤15 °C) and the analyzed variables. The chance of feeling cold for a worker who used a tool was greater than for a worker who did not (OR = 3.19, 95% CI 1.46; 6.94). There was a difference between the finger temperatures of each hand on both surfaces and the analyzed groups (p < 0.01). The temperature of each finger with its respective contralateral was different in the little fingers (no tool), index, middle, ring, and little fingers (using a tool) (p < 0.05). The use of several overlapping gloves was not sufficient to promote thermal insulation of the hands.

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