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- Over 540,000 Slip-Fall injuries, requiring
hospital care, occur in North America each year.
- Slip-Falls account for over 300,000
disabling injuries per year in North America.
- One in three serious bone breaks for seniors
result in death, within one year of the
accident.
- Slip-Falls account for over 20,000
fatalities per year in North America – i.e. 55
persons per day.
- It is the second leading cause of accidental
death and disability after automobile accidents.
- Slip-Falls kill more workers than all other
combined forms of workplace accidents.
- Slip-Falls are the number one cause of
accidents in Hotels, Restaurants and Public
Buildings; 70% occur on flat and level surfaces.
- Slip-Fall are the leading cause of death in
the workplace and the source of more than 57% of
all disabling injuries.
- Slip-Fall accidents account for 30% of all
reported injuries.
- There are social burdens related to this
problem, including Worker’s Compensation claims
over $1.8 Billion per year - i.e. 40% of all
accident claims paid out. Worker’s Compensation
and Liability Insurance Rates are increasing on
the average of 30% per year.
- The focus should be on prevention, not
compensation.
- The total expense resulting from slip-fall
injuries alone is a $100 million per day problem
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