Table 3

Risk factor rating (RFR): that is, stakeholders’ priorities of perceived key injury risk factor categories regarding their potential impact on injury risk, for the overall group

Perceived priority	Key injury risk factor category	Mentions in RFR	Rank	Mean rank RFR	Rank	∑Rank points
1	Changing snow conditions	322	1	2.53	1	2
2	System ski, plate, binding, boot	193	4	2.80	3	7
3	Fatigue	225	2	2.85	6	8
4	Course maintenance during race	128	7	2.79	2	9
5	Physical aspects	176	5	2.92	10	15
5	Aggressive snow conditions	127	8	2.87	7	15
5	Bad visibility	194	3	2.99	12	15
8	Smooth snow surface	82	12	2.80	4	16
9	Techniques of snow preparation	129	6	3.08	15	21
10	Athlete’s race preparation	64	15	2.88	8	23
10	Athletes’ crash behaviour	67	14	2.90	9	23
12	Speed and course setting aspects	83	11	3.08	16	27
13	Skiing technique and tactics	123	9	3.13	19	28
14	Course setting in general	70	13	3.09	17	30
14	Athletes’ individual responsibility	48	19	2.94	11	30
16	Psychological aspects	85	10	3.24	21	31
16	Protectors and helmets	24	26	2.83	5	31
18	Binding/plate	29	24	3.03	14	38
19	Ski	35	23	3.09	17	40
19	Athletes’ adaptability	60	17	3.27	23	40
21	Preinjury aspects	61	16	3.36	25	41
22	Racing suits	13	30	3.00	13	43
22	Speed and topographic aspects	42	21	3.26	22	43
24	Jumps	53	18	3.74	30	48
24	Level of course difficulty	45	20	3.60	28	48
26	Genetics and anthropometry	37	22	3.49	27	49
27	Speed in general	29	24	3.48	26	50
28	Gates (panels and poles)	20	28	3.30	24	52
29	Safety net position and spill zone	22	27	3.95	31	58
30	Topography in general	7	31	3.71	29	60
31	Aspects of body temperature	19	29	4.05	32	61
	Ski boot	≤6		3.17