Infographic: The High Cost of Slips, Trips and Falls_5S管理_经理人学院_EHSCity—全球领先的环境保护，职业健康和安全管理综合服务平台

Accidents involving slips, trips and falls send 9 million people to the hospital each year and are a leading cause of workers’ compensation claims, costing an average of $20,000 per accident.

Did you know that 95 million workdays per year are lost due to slip-and-fall injuries? Here are a few facts about slip, trip and fall injuries:

Wet walking surfaces is the cause for slips and falls 55 percent of the time.
The average time off work due to a fall accident is 38 days.
The top occupations for days missed due to occupational injury are police officers, janitors, nurses and food service workers.