Impact of Weather on Pedestrians’ Slip Risk
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- The daily average temperature was between −2 and 0 °C;
- The temperature crossed zero degrees during the day;
- There was at least some precipitation during the day.
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. General Information about Data and Slips
3.2. Temporal Distribution of Peak Days of Slipping Injuries
3.3. Temperature on Peak Days of Slipping Injuries
3.4. Precipitation and Snow Amount on Peak Days of Slipping Injuries
3.5. Weather before Peak Days of Slipping Injuries
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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City | Number of Employees | Total Amount of Slip Injuries | Total Amount of Slip Injuries in Winter | Injuries per Winter (%) | Injury Rate in Winter per 1000 Employees | Number of Days with High Slip Risk | Peak Day/Potential Peak Day Limit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helsinki | 413,677 | 38,627 | 30,658 | 79.4% | 5.3 | 481 | 25/18 |
Espoo | 126,820 | 10,376 | 8635 | 83.2% | 4.9 | 270 | 12/8 |
Vantaa | 122,871 | 10,014 | 8405 | 83.9% | 4.9 | 248 | 12/8 |
Tampere | 126,687 | 8878 | 7433 | 83.7% | 4.2 | 248 | 11/7 |
Turku | 105,364 | 8148 | 6898 | 84.7% | 4.7 | 245 | 9/6 |
Oulu | 92,267 | 5513 | 4887 | 88.6% | 3.8 | 156 | 11/7 |
Kuopio | 53,394 | 4148 | 3576 | 86.2% | 4.8 | 152 | 8/5 |
Lahti | 51,485 | 3533 | 3049 | 86.3% | 4.2 | 120 | 7/5 |
Jyväskylä | 64,937 | 3916 | 3417 | 87.3% | 3.8 | 117 | 8/5 |
Pori | 34,375 | 2408 | 2122 | 88.1% | 4.4 | 109 | 6/4 |
Hämeenlinna | 28,520 | 1829 | 1598 | 87.4% | 4.0 | 77 | 6/4 |
Joensuu | 34,321 | 1943 | 1738 | 89.4% | 3.6 | 76 | 6/4 |
Kouvola | 30,500 | 1797 | 1628 | 90.6% | 3.8 | 72 | 6/4 |
Rovaniemi | 27,311 | 1885 | 1694 | 89.9% | 4.4 | 65 | 6/4 |
Lappeenranta | 31,700 | 1799 | 1591 | 88.4% | 3.6 | 59 | 6/4 |
Vaasa | 37,070 | 1682 | 1491 | 88.6% | 2.9 | 54 | 6/4 |
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Hippi, M.; Kangas, M. Impact of Weather on Pedestrians’ Slip Risk. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3007. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053007
Hippi M, Kangas M. Impact of Weather on Pedestrians’ Slip Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5):3007. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053007
Chicago/Turabian StyleHippi, Marjo, and Markku Kangas. 2022. "Impact of Weather on Pedestrians’ Slip Risk" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 5: 3007. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053007