title: Personal protective equipment and work safety climate among Latino poultry processing workers in Western North Carolina, USA.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Job-appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is important for decreasing the high rates of occupational injury experienced by poultry processing workers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This analysis describes the job-appropriate PPE provided to poultry processing workers  by their employers and the PPE used by these workers, and it delineates the association of work safety climate with job-appropriate PPE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are from a cross-sectional study of 403 Latino poultry processing workers in North Carolina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most poultry processing  workers are not provided with nor use job-appropriate PPE; however, more workers use PPE than are provided. The provision and use of PPE differs by employer. Work safety climate was associated with use of job-appropriate PPE.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Poultry processing workers should be provided  with job-appropriate PPE. Workers' use of PPE is an indicator of safety climate. Further research about work safety climate and other work organization characteristics and job safety characteristics is needed.
authors: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. tarcury@wakehealth.edu
authors: Thomas A
authors: TA
authors: Arcury
authors: Joseph G
authors: JG
authors: Grzywacz
authors: Andrea M
authors: AM
authors: Anderson
authors: Dana C
authors: DC
authors: Mora
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Carrillo
authors: Haiying
authors: H
authors: Chen
authors: Sara A
authors: SA
authors: Quandt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011200:Poultry; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*