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Slips, trips and falls in crowds
Crowd situations are commonplace and involve circumstances known to lead to slips, trips and falls (STF). Data from focus groups with crowd participants (5 groups, n = 35 individuals); observations of crowd situations (n = 55); and interviews with crowd organisers (n = 41) were analysed to examine u...
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| author | Roger Haslam Victoria Filingeri |
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| description | Crowd situations are commonplace and involve circumstances known to lead to slips, trips and falls (STF). Data from focus groups with crowd participants (5 groups, n = 35 individuals); observations of crowd situations (n = 55); and interviews with crowd organisers (n = 41) were analysed to examine understanding of and responses to the risk of STF in crowds. Although safety was a high priority for both crowd participants and organisers, explicit consideration of STF as a safety concern was low among both groups. Crowd observations found STF risks mitigated on some occasions and present on others, without any discernible pattern for the variation. A risk management framework for STF risk in crowds is proposed. It is concluded that improved understanding is needed of the nature and pattern of STF occurrence in crowds and the efficacy of measures for prevention. |
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| institution | Loughborough University |
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| spelling | rr-article-93513772018-01-01T00:00:00Z Slips, trips and falls in crowds Roger Haslam (1258251) Victoria Filingeri (4434481) Design not elsewhere classified Crowd ergonomics Crowd safety Fall prevention Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified Crowd situations are commonplace and involve circumstances known to lead to slips, trips and falls (STF). Data from focus groups with crowd participants (5 groups, n = 35 individuals); observations of crowd situations (n = 55); and interviews with crowd organisers (n = 41) were analysed to examine understanding of and responses to the risk of STF in crowds. Although safety was a high priority for both crowd participants and organisers, explicit consideration of STF as a safety concern was low among both groups. Crowd observations found STF risks mitigated on some occasions and present on others, without any discernible pattern for the variation. A risk management framework for STF risk in crowds is proposed. It is concluded that improved understanding is needed of the nature and pattern of STF occurrence in crowds and the efficacy of measures for prevention. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/34816 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Slips_trips_and_falls_in_crowds/9351377 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Design not elsewhere classified Crowd ergonomics Crowd safety Fall prevention Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified Roger Haslam Victoria Filingeri Slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| title | Slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| title_full | Slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| title_fullStr | Slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| title_short | Slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| title_sort | slips, trips and falls in crowds |
| topic | Design not elsewhere classified Crowd ergonomics Crowd safety Fall prevention Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/34816 |