Grzywacz Joseph G, Arcury Thomas A, Marín Antonio, Carrillo Lourdes, Coates Michael L, Burke Bless, Quandt Sara A
Wake Forest University School of Medicine-Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest, NC 27157-1084, USA.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2007 Spring;62(1):19-26. doi: 10.3200/AEOH.62.1.19-26.
The US poultry-processing industry employs a large number of immigrants and has among the highest occupational illness rates for manufacturing. Previous research has not studied the potential health effects of psychosocial indicators of how poultry-processing work is organized. The investigators collected survey data from 200 immigrant Latinos working in poultry processing. Management practices (eg, poor commitment to safety, abusive supervision) and indicators of job design (eg, authority, variety, psychological workload, frequent awkward posture, and repetitive movement) were associated with risk of recent musculoskeletal problems, respiratory problems, and self-reported injury/illness. The results provide preliminary evidence suggesting that the organization of work underlies injury and illness among immigrant workers in poultry processing.
美国家禽加工业雇佣了大量移民，且在制造业中职业病发病率位居前列。此前的研究尚未探讨家禽加工工作组织方式的社会心理指标可能产生的健康影响。研究人员收集了200名从事家禽加工工作的拉丁裔移民的调查数据。管理做法（如对安全重视不足、辱骂性监督）和工作设计指标（如职权、多样性、心理工作量、频繁的不良姿势和重复性动作）与近期肌肉骨骼问题、呼吸问题以及自我报告的受伤/疾病风险相关。研究结果提供了初步证据，表明工作组织方式是家禽加工行业移民工人受伤和患病的根本原因。
