Implementation of EPA's worker protection standard training for agricultural laborers: An evaluation using North Carolina data
Implementation of EPA's worker protection standard training for agricultural laborers: An evaluation using North Carolina data
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DOI：
10.1093/phr/114.5.459
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发表时间：
1999-09-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Cabrera, LF
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作者：
Arcury, TA;Quandt, SA;Cabrera, LF
美国环境保护署颁布了工人保护标准，要求农场工人接受农药安全培训。这些条例的执行情况尚未得到评价。作者通过对来自8个县35个劳动场所的270名西班牙裔农场工人的个人访谈收集数据，分析了农场工人接受农药安全培训的程度、培训的特点以及知识和安全行为的变化。大约三分之一的农场工人报告曾经接受过有关农药安全的信息或培训，25.6%的农场工人报告在他们接受采访的那一年接受过培训。持有H2A签证的工人比没有这些签证的工人更有可能接受过培训。所接受的培训在地点、时间和语言上各不相同。大多数包括使用视频，以及口头陈述，大多数包括印刷材料。然而，很少有工人知道他们可能接触农药的方式或报告使用任何方法来保护自己免受农药接触。
The US Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated a Worker Protection Standard which requires that farmworkers receive pesticide safety training. The implementation of these regulations has not been evaluated. Using data collected through personal interviews with 270 Hispanic farmworkers recruited from 35 labor sites in an eight-county area, the authors analyzed the extent to which farmworkers received pesticide safety training, characteristics of the training, and variations in knowledge and safety behavior.Approximately a third of the farmworkers reported having ever received information or training on pesticide safety, and 25.6% reported having received training in the year in which they were interviewed, Workers with H2A visas were significantly more likely to have received training than workers without these visas. The training received varied in location, duration, and language. Most included the use of a video, as well as verbal presentation, and most included printed materials, However, few workers knew the ways in which they could be exposed to pesticides or reported using any method to protect themselves from pesticide exposure.