Slip, Trip and Fall (STF) Prevention in Health Care Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Bell JL ; Chang WR ; Chiou S ; Collins JW ; Courtney TK ; Evanoff B ; Gronqvist RA ; Sorock, Gary S. ; Wolf L
• Description:
  Background: Hospitals are diverse work environments with same-level STF incidence rates that are 67% higher than all other U.S. private industry. Objective: To conduct laboratory and field research to identify risk factors for STF incidents and evaluate a "best practices" STF prevention program in three hospitals. Design: Study methods included: 1) a descriptive analysis of six-years of pre-intervention STF incident data, 2) a case followback field study to examine transient risk factors using a case-crossover design, 3) laboratory evaluations of flooring and footwear, and 4) on-site hazard assessments, and 5) a field study to evaluate a STF prevention program. Results: 1) The descriptive analysis identified n=314 workers' compensation claims for STF injuries, 2) the follow-back field study identified contaminants and surface transitions as transient risk factors, 3) the laboratory study identified promising slip-resistant shoes and flooring, and 4) preliminary analyses of 9 years of workers' compensation data indicate that the multifaceted "best practices" STF prevention program resulted in an estimated 25% reduction in workers' compensation injury incidence rates in the three study hospitals. Conclusions: Food service workers and nursing staff are at highest risk of STF injury. This study successfully applied multiple research methods to identify key design elements of a targeted STF prevention program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Injuries Injury-prevention Nurses Surveillance Traumatic-injuries
• ISBN:
  9780080450551
• Publisher:
  International Ergonomics Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Massachusetts ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030990
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA2006), July 10-14, 2006, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Pikaar RN, Koningsveld EAP, Settels PJM, eds. Madison, WI: International Ergonomics Association, 2006 Jul; :1-5
• Editor(s):
  Pikaar RN; Koningsveld EAP; Settels PJM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ad86d2473336c5a13c5a86400f1d19eb351477f5c661ae54c64ea3863f018c6a8d603843431e6ab2a7195838c86fba4406dfbff0bb8d3d4a06dbf2d230393db6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191397/cdc_191397_DS1.pdf
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