Documenting and Understanding Workplace Injuries Among Latino Day Laborers.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
; 31(2): 791-809, 2020.
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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.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.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.DISCUSSION:
Better documentation can inform the development of better policy protections that ameliorate injuries experienced by Latino day laborers at the workplace.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Heridas y Lesiones
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Lugar de Trabajo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Health Care Poor Underserved
Asunto de la revista:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2020
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Article