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 1 Occupational slip, trip, and fall-related injuries - can the contribution of slipperiness be isolated?
Authors Courtney-TK; Sorock-GS; Manning-DP; Collins-JW; Holbein-Jenny-MA 
Source Egonomics 2001 Oct; 44(13):1118-1137 
Link http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713808543 
NIOSHTIC No. 20021282 
AbstractTo determine if the contribution of slipperiness to occupational slip, trip and fall (STF)-related injuries could be isolated from injury surveillance systems in the USA, the UK and Sweden, six governmental systems and one industrial system were consulted. The systems varied in their capture approaches and the degree of documentation of exposure to slipping. The burden of STF-related occupational injury ranged from 20 to 40% of disabling occupational injuries in the developed countries studied. The annual direct cost of fall-related occupational injuries in the USA alone was estimated to be approximately US$6 billion. Slipperiness or slipping were found to contribute to between 40 and 50% of fall-related injuries. Slipperiness was more often a factor in same level falls than in falls to lower levels. The evaluation of the burden of slipperiness was hampered by design limitations in many of the data systems utilized. The resolution of large-scale injury registries should be improved by collecting more detailed incident sequence information to better define the full scope and contribution of slipperiness to occupational STFrelated injuries. Such improvements would facilitate the allocation of prevention resources towards reduction of first-event risk factors such as slipping. 
KeywordsSurface-properties; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Epidemiology; Surveillance-programs 
CODENERGOAX 
Publication Date20011020 
Document TypeJournal Article 
Fiscal Year2002 
NTIS Accession No. 
NTIS Price 
Issue of Publication13 
ISSN0014-0139 
NIOSH DivisionDSR 
Source NameEgonomics 
StateWV 
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