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Experts have advised that employers take safety measures to ensure their workers do not have any major accidents at that could lead to spinal injury.

Roger Bibbings, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, has said that slips, trips and falls, which could result in spinal injury, account for approximately 40 per cent of all major injuries in the workplace.

He advised that employees install good lighting, use matting at entrances to buildings and take quick action to mop up any spills.

"All such measures are cheap and easy compared to the pain and cost of falls leading to fractures and other injuries," he said.

This comes after researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that those who wear motorcycle helmets have a reduced chance of suffering cervical spinal injury, according to a report in The Medical News.

It was also discovered that the risk of traumatic brain injury is decreased by 65 per cent and deaths lowered by 37 per cent in those who wear helmets.

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Posted by Paul Breen
 

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