Lipscomb Hester J, Glazner Judith E, Bondy Jessica, Guarini Kenneth, Lezotte Dennis
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Box 3834, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Appl Ergon. 2006 May;37(3):267-274. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.07.008. Epub 2005 Oct 5.
Construction injuries preceded by a slip or trip were documented using data from the building of the Denver International Airport (Denver, Colorado, USA), the largest construction project in the world at the time. Slips and trips occurred at a rate of 5/200,000 h worked accounting for 18% of all injuries and 25% of workers' compensation payments, or more than $10 million. Slips contributed to the vast majority (85%) of same-level falls and over 30% of falls from height, as well as a significant number of musculoskeletal injures sustained after slipping or tripping but without falling. The injury burden would have been under-recognized in analyses of most coded compensation records. In contrast to other types of injuries, the most common contributing factors were environmental in nature including conditions of walking and working surfaces, terrain and weather. Due to the very dynamic nature of construction work, reducing slips and trips will require a focus on environmental and organizational solutions that evolve as the site changes and the construction project evolves.
利用美国科罗拉多州丹佛市丹佛国际机场建设项目的数据，记录了滑倒或绊倒导致的建筑施工伤害，该项目是当时世界上最大的建筑项目。滑倒和绊倒的发生率为每工作20万小时发生5起，占所有伤害的18%，占工人赔偿金支付的25%，即超过1000万美元。滑倒导致了绝大多数（85%）的同水平跌倒以及超过30%的高处坠落，还有大量在滑倒或绊倒但未跌倒后遭受的肌肉骨骼损伤。在大多数编码的赔偿记录分析中，伤害负担可能未得到充分认识。与其他类型的伤害不同，最常见的促成因素本质上是环境因素，包括行走和工作表面的状况、地形和天气。由于建筑工作的动态性很强，减少滑倒和绊倒将需要关注随着工地变化和建设项目进展而不断演变的环境和组织解决方案。
