Class code 9040 — Hospital — All Other Employees

This classification covers the non-clinical hospital workforce that keeps the facility running behind the scenes, including maintenance, food service, housekeeping, and other support roles that don't involve direct patient care duties.

Typical tasks include equipment repair, groundskeeping, meal preparation and delivery, cleaning patient rooms and common areas, and operating laundry or sterilization equipment. These roles carry a different risk profile than clinical staff, with exposure centered on manual labor, equipment use, and slip-and-fall hazards in a busy facility environment.

Payroll includes maintenance technicians, cooks and dietary aides, housekeepers, laundry workers, and security personnel. Frequency drivers include strains from lifting supplies or equipment, cuts and burns in food service areas, and falls on wet or recently mopped floors, rather than the patient-handling injuries seen among clinical staff.

During an audit, a common question is whether any support employee occasionally assists with patient transport or bedside tasks, since regular hands-on patient contact could shift that portion of payroll toward a clinical classification instead. Facilities should keep job descriptions current so maintenance, dietary, and housekeeping duties are clearly documented apart from nursing functions. Loss control for this group typically centers on slip-resistant flooring, proper lifting technique for supply carts and equipment, and kitchen safety training to limit cuts and burns.