- Author
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Templer, J.
- Title
- Staircase: Studies of Hazards, Falls, and Safer Design.
- Book or Conf
- Stiarcase: Studies of Hazards, Falls, and Safer Design,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
214 p.,
1992
- Keywords
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stairways
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stairwells
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safety
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injuries
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geometry
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people movement
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human behavior
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design applications
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accidents
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human beings
- Identifiers
- characteristics of stair falls and injuries; riser and tread geometry for comfort and saety; slope, surface, and slip resistance; stairway and ramp size for corwds; behavior on stairs; handrails, guardrails, and balustrades; avoiding the causes of stair falls: designing for injury reduction; liability and stairway accidents