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The factors involved in falling mechanisms can be of external or individual origin, the latter being less well identified.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Aims:<\/jats:bold>To assess the relations between certain individual characteristics and occupational accidents due to imbalance.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>A total of 427 male employees, who had been victims of at least one occupational accident with sick leave due to imbalance (cases) and 427 controls were recruited among the employees of a large French railway company. A standardised questionnaire on life conditions and professional factors, and a description of the accidents was filled in by an occupational physician for each subject.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>Some job categories were more affected by a specific release mechanism of work related falls. 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