Slips & Falls: Employee Experience and Perception of Floor Slipperines: A Field Srvey in Fast-Food Restaurants

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• Personal Author:
  Chang W-R ; Courtney TK ; Filiaggi AJ ; Huang Y-H ; Li KW
• Description:
  Restaurant workers are commonly exposed to occuational slipping and falling risks. Researchers conducted a field study of slippig and falling experience and perception of floor slipperiness among employees in 10 U.S.-style fast-food restaurants in Taiwan. Perception of floor slipperiness results show that the back vat, sink, fry vat and oven areas are rated as significantly more slippery than other working areas in the kitchens. Employees also identified the back vat, sink, oven and fry vat areas as the areas in which slips most frequently occourred. In addition, degree of wear was determined for each participant's shoe sole. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Environmental Exposure Food Handling Food Industry Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Preceptorship Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Employees Exposure Levels Field Study Floors Food Services Health Care Facilities Injuries Risk Factors Roofing Industry Slips, Trips, And Falls Statistical Analysis STF Trucking Work Environment Workers Workers Compensation

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• ISSN:
  0099-0027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  34-38
• Volume:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057493
• Citation:
  Prof Saf 2006 Sep; 51:34-38
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Professional Safety
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf737d3fa5db17e7358563ae8e1cd4a6a29a80b9d73c711e64aaf7d2cce46f3dcff77334e44eb3ba1e8c992b79aae982e5cfefa267e948e0cb930693563329d4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214832/cdc_214832_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.14 MB ]