Table 6.

Summary of findings on how environmental hazards are assessed in stairs/steps

Characteristics of items assessed on checklists	n (%)
Indoor stairs/steps (n = 33 checklists)
> 50% of items are subjective	23 (70%)
> 50% of items are non-structural hazards	3 (9%)
Assessed handrails absence or features (structural hazard)	30 (91%)
Outdoor stairs/steps (n = 23 checklists)
> 50% of items are subjective	13 (57%)
> 50% of items are non-structural hazards	3 (13%)
Assessed handrails absence or features (structural hazard)	15 (65%)