Work-related pain and injury and barriers to workers' compensation among Las Vegas hotel room cleaners |
| |
| Authors: | Scherzer Teresa Rugulies Reiner Krause Niklas |
| |
| Affiliation: | Occupational Epidemiology Program, University of California, San Francisco, 1301 S 46th St, Bldg 163, Richmond, CA 94804, USA. |
| |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: We examined the prevalence of work-related pain and injury and explored barriers to and experiences of reporting among workers. METHODS: We surveyed 941 unionized hotel room cleaners about work-related pain, injury, disability, and reporting. RESULTS: During the past 12 months, 75% of workers in our study experienced work-related pain, and 31% reported it to management; 20% filed claims for workers' compensation as a result of work-related injury, and 35% of their claims were denied. Barriers to reporting injury included "It would be too much trouble" (43%), "I was afraid" (26%), and "I didn't know how" (18%). An estimated 69% of medical costs were shifted from employers to workers. CONCLUSIONS: The reasons for underreporting and the extent of claim denial warrant further investigation. Implications for worker health and the precise quantification of shifting costs to workers also should be addressed. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录！ |
|
