Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33612509›Full record

ArticleWork (Reading, Mass.)2021

Development and application of an innovative instrument to assess work environment factors for injury prevention in the food service industry.

Pia Markkanen, Susan E Peters, Michael Grant, Jack T Dennerlein, Gregory R Wagner, Lisa Burke, Lorraine Wallace, Glorian Sorensen

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Work (Reading, Mass.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Pia MarkkanenDepartment of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.
Susan E PetersDana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael GrantNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Jack T DennerleinDepartment of Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston MA, USA.
Gregory R WagnerDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Lisa BurkeDana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Lorraine WallaceDana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Glorian SorensenDana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

Organizational Approaches to Total Worker Health for Low-Income WorkersR01OH010811 · OH · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SORENSEN, GLORIAN C · 2016 to 2019
$2.7M
ACL HHS R01OH010811Intramural CDC HHS CC999999NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH010811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the growth the food service industry and associated high injury and illness rates, there is a need to assess workplace factors that contribute to injury prevention.

objectiveThe objective of this report is to describe the development, application, and utility of a new instrument to evaluate ergonomics and safety for food service workers.

methodsStarting with a similar tool developed for use in healthcare, a new tool was designed through a collaborative, participatory process with the stakeholders from a collaborating food service company. The new instrument enables the identification and assessment of key safety and health factors through a focused walkthrough of the physical work environment, and structured interviews exploring the organizational work environment. The researchers applied the instrument at 10 of the partnering company's worksites.

resultsThe instrument identified factors related to both the physical work environment and organizational and contextual environment (e.g., vendor-client relationships) impacting worker safety and health.

conclusionsModern assessment approaches should address both the physical and organizational aspects of the work environment, and consider the context complexities in which the worksites and the industry operate.

Indexed as

Food ServicesOccupational HealthCommerceErgonomicsHumansIndustryWorkplaceHuman factorsmusculoskeletal disordersoccupational injuriesoccupational safety and healthrisk assessmentsafety managementwork organization

Identifiers

PMID33612509
PMCPMC8962498

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.