Reducing your Slip and Fall Risks this Winter
In 2016-17, nearly 654,000 — or about one-third — of the more than 2 million injury-related emergency department visits were due to accidental falls. In the same time frame, injuries from falls led to about 152,500 hospital admissions. Almost 8,800 of fall-related injuries across Canada occurred as a result of people slipping on ice. With…