Slips, Trips, and Falls

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Slips, Trips, and Falls
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Fall Factors

• Friction
• Momentum
• Gravity

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What happens when you slip

• Loss of balance caused by too little friction
• Loss of traction
• Wet surfaces
• Spills

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What happens when you slip

• Weather hazards
• Potential solutions
• Practice safe walking skills
• Clean up spills
• Keep grease off shop floors
• Be cautious on smooth surfaces

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Preventing slips

• Use appropriate footwear
• Increase friction between shoes and walking
  surface

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Preventing slips

• Strap-on cleats
• Proper footwear selection

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Why trips occur

• When a person trips
• Workers foot hits an object
• Balance is thrown off
• Creates momentum to fall

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Why trips occur

• Cluttered work areas
• Poor lighting
• Area has loose footing

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Why trips occur

• Worker is in a hurry
• Worker is inattentive

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Preventing trips

• Ensure you can see over the load you are carrying
• Ensure adequate lighting
• Keep work areas free of clutter/litter

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Preventing trips

• Keep furniture out of walkways/traffic areas
• Tape down extension cords/keep out of walkways

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Preventing trips

• Eliminate loose footing on stairs, steps, floors
• Properly store ramps and gangplanks in loading
  dock areas

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Why falls occur

• Person moves too far away from center of balance
• Caused by
• Makeshift ladders
• Misuse of ladders
• Poor climbing habits
• Improper scaffolding use

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Preventing falls

• Dont jump from elevations
• Docks
• Trucks
• Work stages
• Ensure adequate lighting

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Preventing falls

• Repair or report loose or broken stairs,
  handrails
• Dont use stairs/aisles as storage areas
• Wear appropriate footwear

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Prevent injury on stairs

• Use handrails whenever possible
• Walk up and down stairs dont run
• Ensure you can see over the load you are carrying

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Prevent injury on stairs

• Report unsafe conditions, including broken
• Stair treads
• Floor boards
• Handrails

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Ladder and scaffold safety

• Dont use makeshift ladders
• Piling up boxes, chairs, benches
• Inspect ladders before use
• Missing or broken rungs

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Ladder and scaffold safety

• Face the ladder when climbing
• Use both hands on ladders
• Hoist materials up to you

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Ladder and scaffold safety

• Keep your center of balance on ladder
• Adjust position of ladder - dont overreach
• Use the four-to-one rule
• For every foot up, have 3 inches (1/4 foot) out

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Ladder and scaffold safety

• One person at a time on a ladder
• Dont stand on top step of ladder
• Stay away from ladders to avoid falling objects

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Ladder and scaffold safety

• Check scaffolding daily for defects
• Clear work surfaces of snow, ice, slippery
  material

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Ladder and scaffold safety

• Respect the load limits of scaffolds
• Lock wheels/casters on mobile scaffolding
• Use proper PPE

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Summary of main points

• Fall factors
• Why slips occur
• Why trips occur

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Summary of main points

• Why falls occur
• Hazards of stairs
• Ladder and scaffold safety

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