Foot Positioning Effects on Reestablishing and Maintaining Foot Contact from Ladder Perturbations

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• Personal Author:
  Beschorner KE ; Pliner EM
• Description:
  Falls occurring in 2014 were estimated to have associated lifetime costs of $170 billion. The majority of fatal falls are to a lower level and a plurality of fatal falls to lower levels involve ladders. Understanding the factors that contribute to ladder fall events is an important step in developing fall prevention strategies. Anterior foot placement on a ladder rung is an important determining factor in the occurrence of slipping. Furthermore, reestablishing the feet back on the ladder is a critical component of the ladder recovery process. Specifically, failure to reestablish the feet back on the ladder after a climbing perturbation is associated with greater fall severity. However, a knowledge gap exists regarding whether foot positioning has an impact on reestablishing the feet during the recovery process. The purpose of this study is to quantify the relationship between foot position and a climber's ability to reestablish and maintain contact with the ladder rung after a ladder misstep. Quantifying this relationship may clarify the mechanism by which some climbers fail to recover from a climbing perturbation and inform future interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Biomechanical Phenomena Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Injury Prevention Ladders Motion Studies Risk Management Safety Practices Slips, Trips, And Falls STF
• Publisher:
  American Society of Biomechanics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  236-237
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052352
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 2-5, 2016, Raleigh, North Carolina. Newark, DE: American Society of Biomechanics, 2016 Aug; :236-237
• Email:
  beschorn@pitt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20120901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, August 2-5, 2016, Raleigh, North Carolina
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:84b4835db695bfdede5f454443fdf7be44867c9cabfe0db6869bb467d7c6adf290fc366d8f450ad2b6014b0e1b89d7117e0225443f004b2105b187a08fae5389
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211895/cdc_211895_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 170.01 KB ]