Occupational injury disparities in the US hotel industry
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Occupational injury disparities in the US hotel industry.
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. RES...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0271-3586,1097-0274
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20724