Overview of NIOSH research on slips, trips and falls

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• Personal Author:
  Bell JL ; Collins JW
• Description:
  Work-related slip. trip and fall incidents can frequently result in serious disabling injuries that impact an employee's ability to do his or her job, often resulting in lost workdays, reduced productivity, and/or expensive workers' compensation claims. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Injuries Injury-prevention Lost-work-days Nurses Nursing Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  1081-261x
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  18-19
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041140
• Citation:
  The Leader 2012 Spring; 21(2):18-19
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6231 - Nursing Care Facilities - (NAICS)
• Source Full Name:
  The Leader
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:648ed4e7667f4794c7a56124fea48655c7ec566d2c48414ad1be39bacadd4a80d3b7c780ddd7fd5b9bed0413ff4dc70aef134609c9543dc8515f3aec8a73ed0f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193775/cdc_193775_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 735.10 KB ]