TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Documenting and understanding workplace injuries among Latino day laborers
JO  - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
A1  - Diamond, Pamela M.
A1  - Da Silva, Cristina Espinosa
A1  - Rhoton, Jayson M.
A1  - Atkinson, John S.
A1  - Brown, Louis D.
A1  - Ojeda, Martha
A1  - Aguerre, Cecilia F.
A1  - Fernández-Esquer, Maria Eugenia
SP  - 791
EP  - 809
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-2089
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2020.0061
ID  - ref1
ER  -