Workload-related musculoskeletal disorders among hotel housekeepers:employer records reveal a growing national problem

Emerging evidence strongly implicates increasingly excessive workloads in the rising rates of musculoskeletal disorders among hotel housekeepers, who face disproportionate rates of workplace injury, mostly strains and sprains, accounting for nearly half of all housekeeper cases. Overexertion at work and typical housekeeper tasks, especially bedmaking, are the leading contributors to the growth of housekeeper injuries.