Nonfatal Occupational Injury Rates and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Housekeeping Employees of a Hospital in Texas

Table 3

Number of injury cases among housekeepers by type and cause of injury.

Type of injury	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total	Percent
Strain	5	13	9	6	6	39	30
Contusion/Abrasion	8	9	5	5	7	34	29
Laceration/Scratch	4	6	4	1	2	17	15
Puncture wound	6	1	2	2	1	12	12
Chemical Exposure	1	1	1	1	4	8	6
Other	3	1	2	0	2	7	8
Total	27	31	23	15	22	117	100
Cause of injury	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total	Percent
Striking Object	9	4	6	3	6	28	27
NTC/Sharp Object	6	6	4	2	2	20	17
Lifting/Moving Objects	2	8	5	5	3	23	17
STF/TRPOBJ	2	6	3	3	5	19	15
Awkward Posture	2	1	1	—	—	4	4
Chemicals	1	1	—	—	2	4	3
Other/EQUMAL	5	5	2	3	4	19	17
Total	27	31	21	16	22	117	100

NTC:Needle trash cleaning;
STF:slips/trips/falls;
TRPOBJ:Tripping on an object;
EQUMAL: Equipment Malfuntio.