@article{ref1,
title="Documenting and understanding workplace injuries among Latino day laborers",
journal="Journal of health care for the poor and underserved",
year="2020",
author="Diamond, Pamela M. and Da Silva, Cristina Espinosa and Rhoton, Jayson M. and Atkinson, John S. and Brown, Louis D. and Ojeda, Martha and Aguerre, Cecilia F. and Fernández-Esquer, Maria Eugenia",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="791-809",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Latino day laborers face substantial injuries at work. We present a comprehensive assessment of their injury experience and explore the predictors of  selfreported injuries. <br><br>METHODS: Worker and injury characteristics were collected  from 331 day laborers using an innnovative injury assessment tool. The odds of  injury were estimated using a logistic regression. <br><br>RESULTS: Participants were  foreign-born, Spanish monolingual, and employed in construction. Sixty-seven  individuals reported 88 past-year injuries, mostly involving the upper or lower  extremities. Injuries were caused by moving heavy objects, falling, or being struck  an object. Of the documented injuries, 24% were not reported at work due to fear of  being fired; 64.4% resulted in missed workdays, 54.0% in temporary incapacitation,  and 34.5% in permanent incapacitation. Being married significantly reduced the odds  of reporting an injury. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Better documentation can inform the development  of better policy protections that ameliorate injuries experienced by Latino day  laborers at the workplace.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-2089",
doi="10.1353/hpu.2020.0061",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2020.0061"
}