Factors associated with use of slip-resistant shoes in US limited-service restaurant workers

Sc, Verma; Courtney, Theodore K.; Corns, Helen L.; Huang, Yueng Hsiang; Lombardi, David A.; Chang, Wen-Ruey; Brennan, Melanye J.; Perry, Melissa J.

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040094

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“…It has repeatedly been shown, both in populations of healthcare workers and in others, that factors other than safety climate are also important for PPE use. These include provision of PPE by the employer 15 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ) and various aspects of organizational culture 29 , 30 , 31 ) . Improving employer compliance with safety legislation may also help 32 ) ; Scharf et al 33 ) found that most home care agencies had only partially implemented the requirements of the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard 1 ) .…”

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Safety Climate and Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Medical Devices among Home Care and Hospice Nurses

Leiss

2014

Ind Health

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Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety medical devices is mandated for healthcare workers to reduce the risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) from exposure to patients’ blood. Research has shown that a strong safety climate may promote increased use of PPE. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the association between safety climate and use of PPE among homecare/hospice nurses in North Carolina. To this end, a mail survey was conducted in 2006. The response rate, adjusted on the assumption that the proportion of eligible nurses from among those who did not return the questionnaire or could not be contacted was similar to the proportion among those who did return the questionnaire, was 69% (n=833 eligibles). The percentage of nurses who used the specified PPE was two to three times greater among nurses who had a strong safety climate. Safety climate was only weakly associated with using safety devices. These results suggest that improving safety climate may be a powerful tool for increasing use of PPE.

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Safety Climate and Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Medical Devices among Home Care and Hospice Nurses

Leiss

2014

Ind Health

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“…Assumptions were made about workers' SRF usage in that if workers made the effort to enroll in the no cost SRF program, most workers would wear the shoes. This assumption is based on data from a previous research study done in food services by Verma et al (46), where workers' visually verified use of SRF was highest (with 91% of workers wearing them) in restaurants where footwear was provided by and paid for by the employer. We assumed our study would have a similar usage rate because the intervention was no cost.…”

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Effectiveness of a no-cost-to-workers, slip-resistant footwear program for reducing slipping-related injuries in food service workers: a cluster randomized trial

Bell

Collins²,

Chiou³

2018

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Falls are induced by loss of balance that is often generated by external perturbations [5]. One of the most prevalent perturbations is slipping, which occurs at the shoe and floor interface when the required walking friction exceeds the existing friction provided by the interface [6][7][8]. Slip-related falls can lead to serious medical complications such as hip fractures and traumatic brain injuries, which contribute to limitations in independent living and lower quality of life [2,9,10].…”

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Deep Neural Network for Slip Detection on Ice Surface

Fernie

et al. 2020

Sensors

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Slip-induced falls are among the most common causes of major occupational injuries and economic loss in Canada. Identifying the risk factors associated with slip events is key to developing preventive solutions to reduce falls. One factor is the slip-resistance quality of footwear, which is fundamental to reducing the number of falls. Measuring footwear slip resistance with the recently developed Maximum Achievable Angle (MAA) test requires a trained researcher to identify slip events in a simulated winter environment. The human capacity for information processing is limited and human error is natural, especially in a cold environment. Therefore, to remove conflicts associated with human errors, in this paper a deep three-dimensional convolutional neural network is proposed to detect the slips in real-time. The model has been trained by a new dataset that includes data from 18 different participants with various clothing, footwear, walking directions, inclined angles, and surface types. The model was evaluated on three types of slips: Maxi-slip, midi-slip, and mini-slip. This classification is based on the slip perception and recovery of the participants. The model was evaluated based on both 5-fold and Leave-One-Subject-Out (LOSO) cross validation. The best accuracy of 97% was achieved when identifying the maxi-slips. The minimum accuracy of 77% was achieved when classifying the no-slip and mini-slip trials. The overall slip detection accuracy was 86% with sensitivity and specificity of 81% and 91%, respectively. The overall accuracy dropped by about 2% in LOSO cross validation. The proposed slip detection algorithm is not only beneficial for footwear manufactures to improve their footwear slip resistance quality, but it also has other potential applications, such as improving the slip resistance properties of flooring in healthcare facilities, commercial kitchens, and oil drilling platforms.

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Factors associated with use of slip-resistant shoes in US limited-service restaurant workers

Abstract: Provision of slip-resistant shoes was the strongest predictor of their use. Given their effectiveness and low cost, employers should consider providing slip-resistant shoes at work.

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Safety Climate and Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Medical Devices among Home Care and Hospice Nurses

Safety Climate and Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Medical Devices among Home Care and Hospice Nurses

Effectiveness of a no-cost-to-workers, slip-resistant footwear program for reducing slipping-related injuries in food service workers: a cluster randomized trial

Deep Neural Network for Slip Detection on Ice Surface

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