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NFSI Headlines
April 2008
Papa John's Pizza and Tennant Corporation Receive NFSI Top Awards.
Papa John's Pizza International's Risk Management Department was the recipient of the NFSI's 2008 Spirit Award for outstanding performance by a property owner in reducing slip-and-fall incidents. The Tennant Corporation was the 2008 recipient of the National Floor Safety Institute's Chairman's Award which was also presented at the NFSI's annual Board of Directors meeting.
March 2008
79 Year Old Man Wins $3.1 Million Slip-andFall Lawsuit.
In January, Rudy Kosanovich, 79, of Center Township was awarded the multimillion-dollar judgment. Kosanovich slipped and fell in the parking lot of ESB Bank in Center Township. He suffered permanent, debilitating injuries in the fall, including chronic pain and the inability to walk without assistance.
December 2007
Liberty Mutual Publishes New Study On Slip-and-Fall Prevention.
Did you know the average construction worker may take 9,646 steps per day while on the job? According to a 2004 study commissioned by the American Council on Exercise, workers with relatively low active jobs (such as office workers) average 4,327 steps at work, and workers with highly active positions (such as mail carriers) average 18,904 steps. That's a lot of steps and that's just steps while on the job. With so many steps per day, the exposure to slip, trip, and fall hazards can be very high. Fortunately, walking is a highly developed skill, and in the vast majority of cases, people are able to cope with the hazards they encounter on a daily basis and can safely avoid incident. However, most people do slip, trip, or fall from time to time for a variety of reasons.
October 2007
CNA Insurance Publishes Restaurant Slip-And-Fall Case Study.
More than 3 million food service employees and over 1 million guests are injured annually as a result of restaurant slips and falls, according to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI). The NFSI indicates that the industry spends over $2 billion on such injuries each year and that these injuries are increasing at a rate of about 10% annually.
June 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) Sign Agreement.
On May 24, 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a joint research project into the prevention of elder falls. Each year over 7 million American?s seek emergency room treatment for a fall making falls the leading cause of emergency room visits in the U.S. Accidental falls are the leading cause of accidental death for individuals age 85+ whose population is expected to grow as baby-boomers begin retiring next year.
May 2007
Committee Approves Test Method for Floor Safety Audits
Committee approval has been granted for a National Floor Safety Institute-proposed standard that will offer guidelines for the measurement of wet static coefficient of friction of hard floor surfaces. "B101.1 Test Method for Measuring Wet SCOF of Common Hard-Surface Floor Materials" was approved May 2 by a committee of 27 safety professionals working to stem the more than $62 billion-a-year cost of slip-and-fall accidents.
April 2007
NFSI Awards April 2007 The NFSI is proud to announce three new awards to be given to three different individuals or organizations. The first award is that of the Chairman's award and is awarded to a member of the NFSI's Board of Directors or Advisory Board of Directors who has demonstrated an un-rivaled commitment to the mission of the NFSI.
January 2007
NFSI Announces Inaugural ANSI Standards Committee Meeting
The National Floor Safety Institute, as an ANSI Accredited Standards Developer, is pleased to announce that its first meeting of the NFSI B101 Standards Committee on Safety Requirements for Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention has been scheduled for Wednesday May 2nd, 2007. The meeting, to be chaired by Tom Bresnahan, CSP, will be held at the VarioSystems Headquarters in Southlake, Texas. Inquiries may be directed to Laura Cooper.
July 2006
Training Program
NSC and the NFSI Introduce Slip-and-Fall Prevention Training Program.
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