Virtual reality interfaces have the potential to be useful in gait/locomotion research and training, particularly for scenarios focusing on the risks of slips and trips. Workers and employers are ...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration branch of the U.S Department of Labor is responsible for developing and enforcing workplace health and safety standards. The most common categories of ...

SLIPS, trips, and falls to the same level are a leading cause of workplace injury and death. According to the National Safety Council, more than 300,000 injuries and 1,500 deaths each year result from ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Slips, trips and falls can happen in any workplace and ...

"Every time you take a step, you are at risk for a potentially serious slip, trip or fall," says Russell Hubbard, director of the Red Cross Greater Houston Area Chapter Headquarters. Slips, trips and ...

Every year, one out of every three adults age 65 or older will fall according to the National Council on Aging. It is a problem that can cause serious consequences including broken bones, closed head ...

As problem solvers, we tend to get way ahead of ourselves. We tend to go for solutions before we totally understand the causes, problems and the systems in which they exist. This is the problem when ...

Slips, trips, and falls are the second-leading cause of workplace injuries at Purdue. However, the University's Radiological and Environmental Management area, with other units of Physical Facilities, ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. —The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) released the second in a series of safety bulletins as part of its celebration of National Safety Month. The new bulletin, ...

A Savannah River Remediation employee recently received a U.S. patent for an invention she created to make the work environment more safe. Patricia Allen, a director at Savannah River Remediation, ...

Carrying a 5-gallon bucket of ice, a store associate steps up on a milk crate to load an ice dispenser and crashes to the floor. A customer spills a fountain drink, walks out of the store, and another ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (June 15, 2016) - Slips, trips and falls accounted for approximately 34 percent of total Department of the Army Civilian injury cases during fiscal 2015. With millions of dollars and ...