State of science: occupational slips, trips and falls on the same level

Wen-Ruey Chang, Sylvie Leclercq, Thurmon Lockhart and Roger Haslam
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Wen-Ruey Chang: Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
Sylvie Leclercq: INRS ( Vandoeuvre lès Nancy) - Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (Vandoeuvre lès Nancy)
Thurmon Lockhart: School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering - ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
Roger Haslam: Loughborough Design School - Loughborough University

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Abstract: Occupational slips, trips and falls on the same level (STFL) result in substantial injuries worldwide. This paper summarises the state of science regarding STFL, outlining relevant aspects of epidemiology, biomechanics, psychophysics, tribology, organisational influences and injury prevention. This review reaffirms that STFL remain a major cause of workplace injury and STFL prevention is a complex problem, requiring multidisciplinary , multi-faceted approaches. Despite progress in recent decades in understanding the mechanisms involved in STFL, especially slipping, research leading to evidence-based prevention practices remains insufficient, given the problem scale. It is concluded that there is a pressing need to develop better fall prevention strategies using systems approaches conceptualising and addressing the factors involved in STFL, with considerations of the full range of factors and their interactions. There is also an urgent need for field trials of various fall prevention strategies to assess the effectiveness of different intervention components and their interactions.

Keywords: Slips; Trips and falls; Workplace falls; Fall causation; Fall prevention; Occupational injury prevention; CHUTE DE PLAIN-PIED; GLISSADE; TREBUCHEMENT; AGE; BIOMECANIQUE; BLESSURE; CADENCE; CHAUSSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIE; EQUILIBRE; GESTE; LEVER DE CHARGE; MANUTENTION MANUELLE; MESURE DE PREVENTION; OBESITE; ORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL; POIDS CORPOREL; SECTEUR ACTIVITE; SEXE; SOL; TRAVAILLEUR AGE; VISION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Ergonomics, 2016, 59 (7), pp.861-883. ⟨10.1080/00140139.2016.1157214⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1157214

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