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An analysis of occupational stair accident patterns
- Source :
- Journal of Safety Research. 16:171-181
- Publication Year :
- 1985
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1985.
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Abstract
- This report describes an analysis of existing occupational injury data concerning stairway-related falls. Injury data based on reports obtained from the Ohio and California workers' compensation agencies were analyzed to identify common stair injury patterns. Frequency tabulations are provided for the following factors: (a) location (indoors vs. outdoors, on vs. off employer's premises, site category); (b) task (ascending vs. descending, body movement on the stair, task being attempted); and (c) events (precipitating actions and conditions). One of the most outstanding findings is that 92 % of the injuries occurred when the worker was descending the stair, i.e., 636 of the 688 cases in which direction of travel was indicated. Additionally, injury records from the New York and Ohio workers' compensation agencies were used to rank industries in terms of combined frequency and severity rates of stairway-related injuries.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Occupational injury
Human factors and ergonomics
Poison control
Body movement
medicine.disease
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Task (project management)
Transport engineering
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Injury prevention
medicine
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00224375
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Safety Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5df8d1b1c11fcb48c0b98f69bf1fdafc