Table 3.

Classification and distribution of falls that led to injury (fall rated by worst injury sustained)

Classification and description	Control	Intervention
Severe (fracture)	2*	2†
Moderate (laceration that required suturing, head injury requiring neurological observations to be taken, damage to dentures, soft tissue injury requiring radiological investigations but no fracture)	18	12
Minor (laceration that did not require suturing)	12	9
Nil (no injuries were recorded)	117	82

^*One neck of femur and one shaft of femur fracture.

^†Two neck of femur fractures.