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Groundbreaking Study on Hotel Workers' Injuries Shows That Risk of Injury Higher for Women, Hispanic and Asian Workers

A landmark study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine finds that for US hotel employees, worker injury rates are higher based on sex, race/ethnicity, job and hotel employer. Study results were presented last week at the American Public Health Association's 2009 annual meeting in Philadelphia; a press conference being held later today will discuss these findings.  In general it was found that female workers have the highest rates of injuries, housekeeping is the most dangerous job and workers of color have an increased risk of injury.  Read complete release for details.  The study, based on 55,000 worker-years of observation of 2,865 injuries at 50 unionized hotel properties, is the first to analyze the difference in injury rates by both sex and race/ethnicity among hotel workers. 

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