dc.contributor.author | Eyre, Matthew | |
dc.contributor.author | Foster, P.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hallas, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Shaw, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-16T16:00:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description.abstract | Stairs present significant potential for harm to their users. A fall on stairs, particularly in descent,
often leads to serious injury or even death. The authors have been involved in the investigation of
many workplace stair accidents. Proper forensic investigation into the cause of a stair accident
has often found the incident to be wholly or partly caused by poor stair design. In order to
establish the relationship between the stair design and a given fall, an onsite survey has to be
conducted, determining the rises and goings along with other key dimensions. The Health and
Safety Laboratory (HSL), Buxton, UK, regularly undertake this type of survey using a digital
inclinometer, a steel rule and a tape measure. Laser scanning is an emerging technique that is
now accessible to the surveyor to complement or replace traditional approaches. The laser
scanner and associated software produces a dense point survey in 3D, allowing dimensional
analysis of the features. The authors used both traditional and laser scanning techniques to study
the scenes of two fatal stair falls. The analysis presented allows the suitability of laser scanning for
stair-fall investigation to be considered. Identification and classification of errors are needed in
order to consider if the error is acceptable or can be mitigated. Laser scanners are impressive
instruments providing data from which can be used to create a virtual 3D environment that can be
used to reconstruct and explain an event and contributing factors. The use of both survey
methods currently provides the investigator with complimentary data that allows accurate
measurements to be presented in the context of the three-dimensional environment. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Social Fund (ESF) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online: 23 Apr 2015 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1179/1752270615Y.0000000014 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/17926 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Maney | en_GB |
dc.rights | MORE OpenChoice articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 3.0 | en_GB |
dc.subject | Laser scanning | en_GB |
dc.subject | Stair measurement | en_GB |
dc.subject | Accident investigation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Point cloud data | en_GB |
dc.title | The use of laser scanning as a method for measuring stairways following an accident | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-16T16:00:17Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0039-6265 | |
dc.description | Copyright: 2015 Survey Review Ltd. | en_GB |
dc.description | MORE OpenChoice: Open Access Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Survey Review | en_GB |