title: Occupational injury and work organization among immigrant Latino residential construction workers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rates of occupational injury among immigrant workers are widely believed to be underestimated. The goal of this study was to enhance understanding of the burden of occupational injury and the work organization factors underlying injury among immigrant Latino residential construction workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective data were obtained from a community-based sample of Latino residential construction workers (N = 107) over a 3-month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-eight participants were injured, resulting in an injury incidence rate of 55.0/100 FTE (95% CI = 41.4-71.6) during the 3-month observation period. The injury rate involving days away from work during the observation period was 3.9/100 FTE (CI = 0.2-7.2). Injuries were elevated among roofers relative to framers and general construction workers. Roofers had elevated exposure to a variety of deleterious work organization factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although imprecise given the small sample, our results suggest a threefold to fourfold underestimate of the injury burden to immigrant Latino construction workers. Work organization may contribute to elevated rates of non-fatal occupational injury, particularly among roofers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. grzywacz@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grzywacz
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evia
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rushing
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Donadio
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D016272:Occupational Health; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult