Palma, Spain — Hotel beds with lifting systems can assist cut back injuries amongst housekeepers by a minimum of half, outcomes of a current study by a security company in Spain’s Balearic Islands counsel.
At a lodge in Palma that makes use of lifting mechanisms, researchers from the Balearic Institute of Occupational Safety and Health assessed the hassle wanted to make a bed whereas utilizing a raise in contrast with making beds not outfitted with lifts. Results present that lodge staff making a single bed with out a raise needed to exert 8.4 occasions extra drive. For double beds, exertion multiplied by 7.3 occasions.
The lodge hasn’t recorded an overexertion harm amongst its housekeeping workers since 2019, in keeping with a press launch. Additional advantages embrace much less absenteeism and elevated well-being among the many lodge’s staff.
The study drew reward from Balearic Islands President Francina Armengol and Iago Negueruela, the minister of financial mannequin, tourism and employment.
Armengol notes in the discharge that, in 2019, housekeepers in the Balearic hospitality trade skilled round 27% of all work-related injuries. Of these, greater than a 3rd had been brought on by overexertion, with again injuries being the most typical.
Negueruela provides that the study outcomes “support the government’s decision to make elevatable beds mandatory for hotels” below a forthcoming tourism regulation.