@article{ref1,
title="Personal protective equipment and work safety climate among Latino poultry processing workers in Western North Carolina, USA",
journal="International journal of occupational and environmental health",
year="2012",
author="Arcury, Thomas A. and Grzywacz, Joseph G. and Anderson, Andrea M. and Mora, Dana C. and Carrillo, Lourdes and Chen, Haiying and Quandt, Sara A.",
volume="18",
number="4",
pages="320-328",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-3525",
doi="10.1179/2049396712Y.0000000006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2049396712Y.0000000006"
}