Risk mitigation at train stations: underlying causes of slips, trips and falls for passengers with reduced mobility

Vesna Popovic; Grégoire S Larue; Matthew Legge; Claire Brophy; Ross Blackman

doi:10.1080/00140139.2023.2195139

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Risk mitigation at train stations: underlying causes of slips, trips and falls for passengers with reduced mobility

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Risk mitigation at train stations: underlying causes of slips, trips and falls for passengers with reduced mobility

Vesna Popovic, Grégoire S Larue, Matthew Legge, Claire Brophy and Ross Blackman

Ergonomics, Vol.66(12), pp.2255-2276

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2023.2195139

PMID: 36970839

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risk assessment and management

attitudes and behaviour

slips, trips and falls

ethnographic observations

railway

qualitative methods

Slips, trips and falls (STFs) occur frequently at train stations and on trains, and result in passengers injuries. STFs underlying causes focusing on passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) were investigated. Mixed methods combining observation and retrospective interviews were used. Thirty-seven participants between 24 and 87 years of age completed the protocol. They navigated between three selected stations while wearing the Tobii eye tracker. In retrospective interviews, they were asked to explain their actions in selected video segments. The research identified the dominant risky locations and risk-taking behavior in risky locations. For example: (i) risky locations were the vicinity of obstacles, (ii) risky behavior was not looking at the gap between the platform and train. The dominant risky locations and behaviors could be considered as underlying causes of slips, trips and falls for PRMs. They can be applied during planning and design of rail infrastructure to predict and mitigate STFs.

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Title: Risk mitigation at train stations: underlying causes of slips, trips and falls for passengers with reduced mobility
Authors: Vesna Popovic (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Grégoire S Larue (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research Collaboration
Matthew Legge (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Claire Brophy (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Ross Blackman (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Ergonomics, Vol.66(12), pp.2255-2276
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2195139
ISSN: 1366-5847
PMID: 36970839
Organisation Unit: Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99714287902621
Output Type: Journal article

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