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Factors Leading to Slip-and-Fall Incidents

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Quantitative and Qualitative Factors that Leads to Slip and Fall Incidents

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There are several factors that prompt the slip-and-fall incidents and this study focuses on seven factors. Epidemiology approach was used to determine the factors of slip-and-fall incidents, and questionnaire was selected as an instrument for data collection. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed to evaluate how the respondents perceived the slip-and-fall factors while Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess the internal consistency for each domain in the survey. Subsequently, the factors were ranked in accordance with the total variance recorded.

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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). Factors Leading to Slip-and-Fall Incidents. 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_2

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