Occupational health and safety experience of day laborers in seattle, WA

Seixas, Noah S.; Blecker, Hillary; Camp, Janice; Neitzel, Richard L.

doi:10.1002/ajim.20577

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“…6 Our estimated injury rate is consistent with prior LDL research and provides further evidence of the magnitude of occupational injuries faced by LDLs. 6,14,23 The three most commonly reported injuries and illnesses (falls, cuts and lacerations, and being struck by an object) were also within the top four causes of injuries reported by foreign-born workers in the US National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2005 and by day laborers in Seattle. 5,14 The most commonly reported job types in our study (construction, moving jobs, and painting) reflect the 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics pattern for foreign-born workers and previous findings from studies with similar populations.…”

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“…13,14,23,[26][27][28] Although one prior report investigated working conditions among construction workers in the state of Texas and one injury prevention community-based participatory research study was conducted among Hispanic construction workers, to our knowledge, there are no published studies documenting self-reported on-the-job injuries among LDLs in Texas. 29,30 In this study, we (1) describe injuries reported by day laborers in Houston, Texas, (2) explore the extent to which demographic and occupational risk factors predict self-reported onthe-job injuries, and (3) explore whether summative exposure measures for the total job types, total job conditions, and total PPE predict self-reported occupational injuries.…”

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“…19,20 Studies focusing on day laborers have found high rates of non-fatal occupational injuries. 14,21,22 A study among day laborers in Seattle estimated an injury rate of 31 recordable injuries per 100 FTE (full time equivalent) workers, much higher than the recordable injury rate of 6.2 per 100 FTE reported for all construction workers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2004. 14,23 Some of the factors contributing to injury among day laborers include hazardous work site conditions (e.g.…”

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“…6,[13][14][15][16] Latino day laborers (LDL) frequently find temporary work in dangerous construction or industrial occupations, without health or workers' compensation benefits, and often without personal protection equipment (PPE). Many of these workers do not receive any kind of job safety training and feel intimidated raising safety concerns at work.…”

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The influence of demographics and working conditions on self-reported injuries among Latino day laborers

Fernandez‐Esquer

Fernández-Espada

Atkinson

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Background: The majority of day laborers in the USA are Latinos. They are engaged in high-risk occupations and suffer high occupational injury rates. Objectives: To describe on-the-job injuries reported by Latino day laborers, explore the extent that demographic and occupational factors predict injuries, and whether summative measures for total job types, job conditions, and personal protective equipment (PPE) predict injuries. Methods: A community survey was conducted with 327 participants at 15 corners in Houston, Texas. Hierarchical and multiple logistic regressions explored predictors of occupational injury odds in the last year. Results: Thirty-four percent of respondents reported an occupational injury in the previous year. Education, exposure to loud noises, cold temperatures, vibrating machinery, use of hard hats, total number of job conditions, and total PPE significantly predicted injury odds. Conclusion: Risk for injury among day laborers is not only the product of a specific hazard, but also the result of their exposure to multiple occupational hazards.

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The influence of demographics and working conditions on self-reported injuries among Latino day laborers

Fernandez‐Esquer

Fernández-Espada

Atkinson

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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“…These are gender, age, awareness and knowledge, environmental conditions, work tasks and roles, management style, work career concerns, home work interface and interpersonal relationships (Means, Whitaker, Flin, 2003;Parker, 2007;Seixas et al, 2008;Stergioulas & Tripolitsioti, 2012).…”

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Impact of demographic factors on employees perceptions on health and safety management in the Greek Ministries

Pavlopoulou¹,

Tripolitsioti²,

Pavlopoulos³

2016

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of selected demographic factors on perceptions of office workers regarding the management of health and safety in the office work place. For the data collection it was used a scale validated with a sample of 155 office employees. The final sample of the study was 301 subjects from three large Ministries in the Athens region of Greece, selected randomly. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors. A further comparison of the health and safety scale factors toward gender, marital status, working hours, monitoring or not seminars related to workplace safety and involvement or not in accidents in the office revealed that: (a) The male employees had more positive perceptions than their female counterparts (t = 2.62, p <0.010). (b) Positive perceptions showed and those who had attended seminars on safety and those who were not involved in office accidents (t = 2.16, p <0.032 and t = -2.19, p <0.033), respectively. (c) It was also founded that men had more positive perceptions than women in the factor workplace environmental conditions (t = 2.40, p <0.018), while employees who had attended seminars on safety had a higher score on the factor health and safety issues in the office in comparison with their colleagues who did not, (t = 2.17, p <0.031). (d) Employees who were involved in office accidents rated higher the questions of the factor health and safety issues in the office (t = -2.52, p <0. 015) and lower the factor workplace environmental conditions (t = -2.07, p = .043). It is concluded that despite the differences in the rating health and safety scale, in relation to selected variables, perceptions of employees regarding the management health and safety in the office work are positive.

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