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APPLIED ERGONOMICS
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 141-147Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(00)00050-8
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accident model; MAIM; accident prevention; underfoot accidents
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Underfoot accidents taken from a study of patient interviews have been analysed to investigate factors that may be implicated in the causes of the accidents. Within the sample of patients in this study women holding items are more at risk than men from underfoot accidents. Carrying items such as shopping and handbags may obstruct the line of sight to underfoot hazards, affect balance and adversely affect reflex corporal movements that may help prevent injury. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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