Slips and falls in a cold climate: Underfoot surface, footwear design and worker preferences for preventive measures

Andersson, 1983, Accident data in the new Swedish information system on occupational injuries, Ergonomics, 26, 33, 10.1080/00140138308963310 Björnstig, 1997, Slipping on ice and snow—elderly women and young men are typical victims, Acc. Anal. Prevent., 29, 211, 10.1016/S0001-4575(96)00074-7 Cham, 2002, Changes in gait when anticipating slippery floors, Gait Posture, 15, 159, 10.1016/S0966-6362(01)00150-3 Eilert-Peterson, 1998, An epidemiological study of non-fatal pedestrian injuries, Safety Sci., 29, 125, 10.1016/S0925-7535(98)00014-9 Gao, 2002, The assessment of the integration of slip resistance, thermal insulation and wearability of footwear on icy surfaces, Safety Sci., 40, 613, 10.1016/S0925-7535(01)00062-5 Gao, 2003, The effect of footwear sole abrasion on the coefficient of friction on melting and hard ice, Int. J. Ind. Ergonom., 31, 323, 10.1016/S0169-8141(02)00234-2 Gard, 2006, Assessment of anti-slip devices from healthy individuals in different ages walking on slippery surfaces, Appl. Ergonom., 37, 177, 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.04.004 Grönqvist, R., 1995. A dynamic method for assessing pedestrian slip resistance. Doctoral Dissertation, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki. Haslam, 1999, Follow-up investigations of slip, trip and fall accidents among postal delivery workers, Safety Sci., 32, 33, 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00009-0 Haslam, 2005, Contributing factors in construction accidents, Appl. Ergonom., 36, 401, 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.12.002 Honkanen, 1982, The role of slippery weather in accidental falls, J. Occup. Acc., 4, 257, 10.1016/0376-6349(82)90033-5 Leamon, 1995, Occupational slips and falls: more than a trivial problem, Ergonomics, 38, 487, 10.1080/00140139508925120 Lipscomb, 2006, Injuries from slips and trips in construction, Appl. Ergonom., 37, 267, 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.07.008 Marigold, 2002, Strategies for dynamic stability during locomotion on a slippery surface: effects of prior experience and knowledge, J. Neurophysiol., 88, 339, 10.1152/jn.00691.2001 McKiernan, 2005, A simple gait-stabilizing device reduces outdoor falls and nonserious injurious falls in fall-prone older people during the winter, J. Am. Geriatr. Soc., 53, 943, 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53302.x Strandberg, 1981, The dynamics of slipping accidents, J. Occup. Acc., 3, 153, 10.1016/0376-6349(81)90009-2