Slips Trips & Falls

Ask most people what the major cause of injury is in Australia and the answer would probably focus on car injuries or industrial accidents but the real answer is the Slips, Trips and Falls that occur mostly in our everyday lives.

The 2001 National Health Survey found that falls were the most common type of event leading to personal injury. Its reported that over 804,000 Australians fell and injured themselves in one month!

• Over 105,000 Australians are hospitalised from Slips, Trips and Falls.
  
  
• A Slip, Trip or Fall can cause serious injury to the arms, legs, back, neck or head.
  
  
• Neck and Head injuries can cause damage to the spinal cord and nervous system.
  
  
• Commonwealth workers’ compensation statistics in the five financial years from 1995 through to 2001 indicate that Slips, Trips and Falls account for 18% of all claims.
  
  
• Over 366,000 working days were lost in Australia in 2002/2003 due to Slips trips and falls.