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According to the National Safety Council, slips and falls are the single largest cause of Emergency Room visits.

The following statements are based on National Safety Council Figures:

Over 25,000 slip/fall injuries requiring hospital care occur each day.

Accidents cause by slip and fall result in some 1200 deaths, and in the workplace alone about $4 billion in lost productivity and compensation costs, in the United States each year.

Experience with U.S. test methods and safety standards for prevention of slip and fall accidents shows that improved test methods and safety standards are necessary. National Safety Council statistics indicate that some 1200 Americans die each year — an average of one death every seven hours — as a result of slip-and-fall accidents on the same level (not on a ladder, stairs, etc.).

In the workplace alone, in 1998 slips and falls caused 313,335 injuries (an average of one every two minutes) and over $4 billion (or $340,000 per hour) in workers’ compensation and lost productivity. Too many floors are potentially slippery under their normal conditions of use.

In 1998, falls in the home and community caused or led to 15,900 deaths. All age groups are vulnerable, but older adults are most at risk. In fact, 80% of those receiving fatal injury are over the age of 65.

An estimated 300,000 disabling injuries occur each year in the American work force, resulting in 1,400 worker deaths. Slips, trips and falls account for 15 to 20 percent of all workers’ compensation costs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 303,800 workplace fall injuries in 2000.

A new American National Standard from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) focuses on reducing slip and fall injuries in the workplace, the second leading cause of incidental workplace deaths.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 15 percent of incidental workplace deaths are caused by slips and falls, second only to traffic accident fatalities.