What kind of work do people do in housekeeping in a hotel?
Housekeeping in a hotel is a very physically demanding job that includes many, varied tasks. Typically, in this case study, housekeepers were responsible for cleaning 16 rooms per shift. The actual amount of work depends on the size of the room and the number of beds. A housekeeper needs between fifteen and thirty minutes to do one room. A housekeeper carries out the following tasks: • making beds (Figures 1a, 1b, 1c), • tidying rooms (Figure 2), • cleaning and polishing toilets, taps, sinks, bathtubs and mirrors (Figures 3a, 3b), • washing floors, • removing stains, and • vacuuming . Figure 1a Figure 1b Figure 1c Making Beds Figure 2 Figure 3a Figure 3b Tidying a room Cleaning What are the risk factors of housekeeping? The main risk factors for repetitive motion injuries (RMIs) in housekeeping are: • heavy physical workload and excessive bodily motions which are a high risk for back injuries and • forceful upper limb motions in awkward positions which are a high risk for neck or shoul
