@article{ref1,
title="Occupational injury disparities in the US hotel industry",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2010",
author="Buchanan, Susan and Vossenas, P. and Krause, Neal and Moriarty, Joan and Frumin, Eric and Shimek, Jo Anna M. and Mirer, Franklin and Orris, Peter and Punnett, L.",
volume="53",
number="2",
pages="116-125",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Hotel employees have higher rates of occupational injury and sustain more severe injuries than most other service workers. METHOD: OSHA log incidents from 5 unionized hotel companies for a three-year period were analyzed to estimate injury rates by job, company, and demographic characteristics. Room cleaning work, known to be physically hazardous, was of particular concern. RESULTS: A total of 2,865 injuries were reported during 55,327 worker-years of observation. The overall injury rate was 5.2 injuries per 100 worker-years. The rate was highest for housekeepers (7.9), Hispanic housekeepers (10.6), and about double in 3 companies versus 2 others. Acute trauma rates were highest in kitchen workers (4.0/100) and housekeepers (3.9/100); housekeepers also had the highest rate of musculoskeletal disorders (3.2/100). Age, being female or Hispanic, job title, and company were all independently associated with injury risk. CONCLUSION: Gender- and ethnicity-based disparities in injury rates were only partially due to the type of job held and the company in which the work was performed. <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.20724",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20724"
}