A prospective study of floor surface, shoes, floor cleaning and slipping in US limited-service restaurant workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-285

  Verma, Santosh K ^a,b,c   Chang, Wen Ruey ^a   Courtney, Theodore K ^a,b   Lombardi, David A ^a,b   Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^a   Brennan, Melanye J ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^b   Ware, James H ^b   Perry, Melissa J ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATERING SERVICE; CLEANING; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRICTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; SLIP RESISTANT SHOE; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FRICTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SHOES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952575070     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056218     Document Type: Article

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