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Quantitative and Qualitative Factors that Leads to Slip and Fall Incidents

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This chapter reviews the elements in slip and fall system. The phenomena of slip and fall are briefly described before presenting the quantitative and qualitative method to discover slip and fall incidents. The slip and fall overview and background are presented.

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  1. Department of Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Norazrin Azwani Ahmad

  2. Department of Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Masine Md. Tap

  3. Sport Innovation and Technology Centre (SITC), Institute Human Centred Engineering (IHCE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Ardiyansyah Syahrom

  4. Department of Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    Jafri Mohd. Rohani

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Ahmad, N.A., Md. Tap, M., Syahrom, A., Mohd. Rohani, J. (2017). Introduction. In: Quantitative and Qualitative Factors that Leads to Slip and Fall Incidents. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3286-8_1

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