Falls are frequent occupational accidents involving workers and lead to important social and
economic consequences both for the individual and for the employer. Different factors can …

A variety of slip measurement devices exist that provide estimates of both static and dynamic
coefficient-of-friction (COF) values between one's shoes and the floor. Unfortunately …

The increasing demands for anthropometric information for the design of machinery and
personal protective equipment to prevent occupational injuries has necessitated an …

Background: Falls are frequent occupational accidents, and are responsible for a significant
amount of lost working time and, more importantly, for a high mortality. The factors involved …

Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) pose a significant financial burden to employers and account for
over 33% of the total nonfatal workers' compensation cost in the United States. Previous …

The problem of effectively integrating human and system performance in complex human-
computer-robot systems has remained unsettled in well over two decades of effort in …

Slips, trips and falls on the level are considered commonplace and are rarely subjected to in-
depth analysis. They occur in highly varied circumstances in an occupational situation. In …

A large proportion of non-fatal slips, trips, and falls (STFs) at surface mining facilities are
associated with mobile equipment. Ingress and egress from mobile equipment can pose a …

The main objective of the study was to assess how a classification system designed to code
slip, trip and fall accidents (STF) could extract data provided in accident reports and the use …

Accidents on the level occurring in occupational situations are of concern in France and
abroad. INRS (French national research and safety institute) has integrated these accidents …