Latino Farm Workers, Work Organization, Safety and Health
The purpose of this 5-year, R01-type research project is to improve the occupational safety and health of Latino horse breeding workers by investigating exposure to (1) job-level hazards and (2) work organization factors that may increase exposure to job hazards. Specifically, this study will identify the job hazards and work organization factors inherent in horse production; determine the types of illness, injuries and “close call” (near miss) incidents experienced by Latino horse workers; and analyze the direct relationship of work organization variables to occupational health outcomes, and the indirect relationship through increased exposure to job-level hazards.
A hallmark of this study is the early and ongoing cooperation of key stakeholders, including representatives of both industry and the regional Latino community. Project advisory board members now include representatives of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the Bluegrass Community Health Center, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club, the Kentucky Migrant Outreach Project, Maxwell Legal Clinic, and the Kentucky Migrant Farmworkers with Disabilities Employment Partnership, et al.
For more information contact Principal Investigator Jennifer E. Swanberg, PhD, Executive Director, Institute for Workplace Innovation, University of Kentucky, 859-296-1089 ext. 224.