CHSWC Posts Custodian Workload Study

The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation published a report analyzing the working conditions of custodians throughout California. "Among the findings are that the prevalence of adverse health outcomes was high, janitors reported high physical workloads across numerous tasks, differences in the prevalence of adverse health outcomes by sex and age were slight, and union status and job tenure were associated with differences in the prevalence of adverse health outcomes," CHSWC said. "In addition, most janitor tasks evaluated using direct measurements and v...