Profiles in safety and health: hotels and motels. (work-related injuries and illnesses)

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: July 1, 1993| Author: Kane, John J.; Personick, Martin E. | Copyright information

Hotels and motels are homes away from home for business travelers and vacationers, offering both temporary lodging and relief from housekeeping chores back home. In attending to their guests and guestrooms, this Nation's hotels and motels employ about 1-1/2 million workers, most of them either preparing and serving food or cleaning rooms and otherwise maintaining grounds and premises. Working round-the-clock shifts, hotel staff face a variety of safety and health risks, such as dis...

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