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It's that time of year again when a fall can cause a serious personal injury. In an article featured today in Boston.com's Daily Dose, Deborah Kotz gives us a few tips on how to prevent a 'slip and fall' injury on this first snow of the season in Boston.

To summarize (walk slow, take your time, maybe walk a little funny and try not to fall)

1) If you fall, try to fall on your butt. We have extra padding there.
2) Walk like a skier with a low center of gravity.
3) Walk like a penguin - keep your knees loose, point your feet out slightly and keep your arms extended to the side.
4) Avoid heavy bags as they can throw off your balance.
5) Don't take long strides, take short steps and shuffle like you are 90.
6) If you are older (over age 65) then exercise and physical therapy is good prep for a steady walk, at home add non slip tape to floors, bars in bathrooms and take vitamin D and calcium.

See more at Boston.com's article on Preventing injury from slips and falls.

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A water main break in Chelsea, Massachusetts resulted in about 200 customers losing their water supply. The public works department has had workers repairing part of the 100 year old pipe, as well as fully replacing about 12 feet of pipe where it ruptured causing a premises liability.

The rupture was likely not due to the recent cold weather but because the pipe was so old. The flow due to the break was stopped but the streets it flooded were sanded to prevent icing over potentially causing pedestrians and workers to slip and fall.

The full article and an embedded video is featured in the Boston Globe: Repairs underway to Chelsea water main

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