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Prevention of professional risks - Slip,trip and fall accidents (STFAs)

Authors: Sylvie LECLERCQ, Henri Saulnier

Publication date: January 10, 2010, Review date: September 1, 2015

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6. Conclusion

National statistics confirm the frequency and severity of accidents on level ground in the workplace. However, both work and company practices are not commensurate with the risk.

Generally speaking, accidents on the same level occur in a wide variety of circumstances, even within a single company. This risk is not always considered to be a real "occupational hazard", and accidents on the same level are rarely analyzed in depth. In terms of accident prevention, the company must equip itself with the means to accurately assess this risk, identify the work situations most conducive to the occurrence of such accidents, and the combinations of factors that cause them, so as to be able to identify the actions to be taken as a matter of priority in the field of accident prevention.

In the specific case of slips on greasy, frozen or snow-covered...

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