Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6170, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2013 Feb;56(2):197-205. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22100. Epub 2012 Jul 27.
Upper body musculoskeletal injuries are often attributed to rapid work pace and repetitive motions. These job features are common in poultry processing, an industry that relies on Latino immigrants. Few studies document the symptom burden of immigrant Latinos employed in poultry processing or other manual jobs.
Latino poultry processing workers (n = 403) and a comparison population of 339 Latino manual workers reported symptoms for six upper body sites during interviews. We tabulated symptoms and explored factors associated with symptom counts.
Back symptoms and wrist/hand symptoms lasting more than 1-day were reported by over 35% of workers. Poultry processing workers reported more symptoms than comparison workers, especially wrist and elbow symptoms. The number of sites at which workers reported symptoms was elevated for overtime workers and workers who spoke an indigenous language during childhood.
Workplace conditions facing poultry processing and indigenous language speaking workers deserve further exploration.
上肢肌肉骨骼损伤通常归因于工作节奏快和动作重复。这些工作特点在禽肉加工行业很常见，而该行业依赖于拉丁裔移民。很少有研究记录在禽肉加工或其他体力劳动中受雇的拉丁裔移民的症状负担。
403 名拉丁裔禽肉加工工人和 339 名拉丁裔体力劳动工人在访谈中报告了六个上肢部位的症状。我们对症状进行了分类，并探讨了与症状数量相关的因素。
超过 35%的工人报告背部和手腕/手部持续超过 1 天的症状。禽肉加工工人报告的症状比对照组工人多，尤其是手腕和肘部的症状。报告有症状的部位数量在加班工人和儿童时期讲母语的工人中升高。
禽肉加工和讲母语的工人面临的工作场所条件值得进一步探讨。
