TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Occupational injury disparities in the US hotel industry
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Buchanan, Susan
A1  - Vossenas, P.
A1  - Krause, Neal
A1  - Moriarty, Joan
A1  - Frumin, Eric
A1  - Shimek, Jo Anna M.
A1  - Mirer, Franklin
A1  - Orris, Peter
A1  - Punnett, L.
SP  - 116
EP  - 125
VL  - 53
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20724
ID  - ref1
ER  -