Slip Safety

Facts

Slip related injuries represent a surprisingly high percentage of work and home accidents. These accidents can cause painful medical problems, long term disabilities, extensive financial losses, legal entanglements, and insurance difficulties. It is estimated that the annual cost of slip and fall accidents tops $100 billion dollars a year not to mention immeasurable pain and suffering.

• Slip and Fall Accident is a term used to describe a personal injury case in which an individual slips, trips, or falls on property owned or maintained by someone else. In Slip and Fall Accident cases, the property owner may be help legally responsible if he or she was aware that a dangerous condition existed and failed to correct it. Torn carpeting, cracked sidewalks, poor lighting, and wet floors are just a few examples of dangerous conditions that can lead to Slip and Fall Accidents. Slip and Fall Injuries are sometimes called premises liability cases, because it is the negligence of the owner of the property that causes the victim to slip, fall, and suffer an injury.

• According to the U.S. National Safety Council, every day more than 25,000 people go to hospital with injuries due to slip and fall accidents. Slip and fall accidents are the second leading cause of accidental death after automobile accidents. Slip and falls are also the number one cause of accidents in hotels, restaurants and public buildings.

• According to the National Safety Council (NSC) falls are the leading cause of accidental death for people age 85 and older and the U.S. Census Bureau reports that this age group is expected to double with the next decade and in-turn, dramatically increase the number of slip and fall accidents.

• Slips and Falls account for nearly half of all home accidents. Weather slippery tubs, tile floors, or pool sides, Slip Safety Solutions can help.

• After auto accidents, Slip and Fall accidents are the leading cause of insurance liability payments. In addition, Slip and Fall accidents, paid for by workers compensation claims, have greatly increased over the last 10 years.

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends that walking surfaces have a static coefficient of friction of 0.5.

• The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed by Congress in July, 1992, Title III notes: “For all businesses open to the public, ADA and ATBCB recommends flooring and walkways have a coefficient of friction level .60”

• Accepted Industry Standards
  As adopted by Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM):