Occupational injury disparities in the US hotel industry

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• Personal Author:
  Buchanan S ; Frumin E ; Krause N ; Mirer F ; Moriarty J ; Orris, Peter ; Punnett, Laura ; Shimek JA ; Vossenas P
• Description:
  Background: Hotel employees have higher rates of occupational injury and sustain more severe injuries than most other service workers. Method: OSHA log incidents from five 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 three companies versus two 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: Sex- 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Demography Epidemiology Food Handling Food Industry Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Surveys And Questionnaires Women

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• Keywords:
  Accident-rates Accident-statistics Author Keywords: Occupational Injury Demographic-characteristics Food-services Health-surveys Health Disparities Hotel Workers Housekeepers Housekeeping-personnel Humans Injuries Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Musculoskeletal Disorders Racial-factors Service-industries Sex-factors Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  116-125
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045585
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2010 Feb; 53(2):116-125
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan Buchanan MD, MPH, 835 S. Wolcott, MC-684, Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  sbucha3@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c628e7e25383b628b2b61dd0865b043742fad1046b7fe15f0d10429049980c5e8db4100fc22c57422e3079790fa75377c7ee2ad71893b7ecb74ae71076215cc3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200954/cdc_200954_DS1.pdf
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