Slips, trips and falls total $155m in personal injury claims over last 10 years, according to Petar Modev, Senior Loss Prevention Executive at UK P&J Club. "While most people may view slips, trips and falls as simple accidents, and a fact of life, they can pose a serious danger to the health of crew aboard ships. Crewmembers can suffer injury as they move around ship, a mobile, and sometimes even violently moving, place of work. "Personal injury claims resulting from slips, trips and falls aboard ships have aggregated to a staggering $ 155m over the past ten years. This figure is high, but also represents very human stories of individual injury and suffering, which have happened because of a moment's carelessness, thoughtless or complacency.
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