Understanding and Preventing Falls
An Ergonomics Approach
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2005
272 pages
978-1-134-51965-1 (ISBN)
Description
Readable and authoritative, Understanding and Preventing Falls provides a guide to the nature and extent of the problem of falls. Drawing on the latest research, the authors outline the combination of environmental factors that commonly lead to falls and explore how to prevent them. The case is made for a multifaceted approach to falls prevention,
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Health care professionals, health coordinators, health and safety professionals, occupational health & safety engineers, risk managers, safety auditors, industrial engineers, ergonomists, human factors engineers, managers of workplaces, human resource & personnel management, worker compensation insurers, researchers and students
Illustrations
55 s/w Abbildungen, 21 s/w Tabellen, 30 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
55 b/w images, 21 tables and 30 halftones
ISBN-13
978-1-134-51965-1 (9781134519651)
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Content
Introduction. Walking on the Level: Footwear and the Walking Surface. Steps and Stairs. Role of Vision in Falls. Ageing and Falls. Epidemiological Approaches to Investigating Causes of Occupational Falls. Investigation of Individual Fall Incidents. The Assessment and Prevention of Pedestrian Slip Accidents. Occupational Falls Outdoors: Understanding and Preventing Falls in the New Zealand Logging Industry. Falls during Entry/Egress from Vehicles. Behaviour and the Safety of Older People on Stairs. Preventing Falls. Index.
