Injuries from Falls - Just the Facts

According to the National Safety Council, slips and falls are the single largest cause of Emergency Room visits.

In the workplace alone, in 1998 slips and falls caused 313,335 injuries (an average of one every two minutes) and over $4 billion (or $340,000 per hour) in workers’ compensation and lost productivity.

An estimated 300,000 disabling injuries occur each year in the American work force.

Ages 60-80 is the largest age demographic segment in the United States and growing!