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A New Tool For Safety Professionals To Help Raise Knowledge Levels And Assess Slip Potential in Occupational Settings

Author: Thorpe, S. C., Lemon, P. W., Sreenivasan, B.
Year: 2003
Type: Report

Abstract:

For safety professionals to successfully understand slip and fall accidents and recommend interventions that can help reduce these accidents, The Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL), U.K. have developed a CD-ROM based tool. This tool is used in conjunction with a simple portable surface roughness meter and gives a rapid on-site indication of the slip potential of a given situation. This paper outlines this prototype system and compares and contrasts results from the system with those from on-site forensic investigations by HSL specialists.

Further Details

Pages 4 p.
Publish Location Sheffield
Publisher Health & Safety Laboratory
Accession Number 24.9.03
Research Notes Electronic copy added 21/08/2013
Keywords United Kingdomsafety improvementfalls prevention

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