ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses slips and trips primarily related to falls to the same level. Many slips and trips lead to falls from elevated heights that will be discussed in another chapter. About 7% of all injuries are from slips and trips. In most cases, slips and trips lead to muscle strains and sprains (64%), bruises and contusions (38%), and fractures (20%). Deaths from slips and trips that result in a fall to the same level are normally not fatal, but they have occurred when the worker strikes his=her head or is impaled on an object, or falls on or into an operating piece of equipment.
