Risk Factors

The following environmental and work practice risk factors can increase your chance of injury on walking-working surfaces:

• Poor lighting
• Glare
• Shadows
• Improper footwear
• Bulky personal protective equipment
• Excessive noise
• Poor weather conditions
• Poor housekeeping and maintenance
• Inadequate or missing signage

In addition to environmental and work practice risk factors, there are various human risk factors that can contribute to injuries. Human risk factors can be divided into physical and behavioral categories.

Physical human risk factors include:

• Age
• Physical condition
• Fatigue
• Stress or illness
• Medications, drugs, or alcohol
• Poor eyesight

Behavioral human risk factors include:

• Hurrying or rushing
• Taking unapproved shortcuts
• Not paying attention to your surroundings
• Carrying heavy or cumbersome objects, or carrying too many objects at once

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