A History Of Walkway Slip Resistance Research At The National Bureau Of Standards

Excerpt from A History of Walkway Slip-Resistance Research at the National Bureau of Standards The National Safety Council reports that slips and falls are the major building-related cause of accidental death and injury In 1976, over 8 million falls resulted in million disabling injuries and deaths. The victims are primarily the young and the old, with more serious consequences for the elderly. Children under 15 (approximately 30% of the u.s. Population) suffered nearly half of the disabling injuries. Adults over 65 (approximately 10% of the u.s. Population) experienced 20% of the fatalities. In more than half of the falls, slippery surfaces were identified as a major contributing factor. Existing standards and codes for walkway surfaces are generally vague and difficult to enforce since they lack quantitative definition of acceptable levels of slip-resistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.