Controlling & Managing Slips, Trips and falls QHSE

Slips, Trips & Falls

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Module 4
Controlling Slips, Trips
and Falls

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Objectives
After completing this module,
you will be able to:
Identify the hierarchy of controls
as it relates to slips, trips and falls.
Identify the various floor types
and their corresponding
characteristics.
Identify three actions you can take
to make your existing floors less
slippery.

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Objectives—continued
Implement controls that make
employees safe when they are
working at heights.
Determine how to select and
recommend an appropriate work
shoe.
Recognize the role that fraud
plays in floor safety.

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Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention
Recognize
Evaluate
Control

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Engineering Controls
Controls that are engineered
into the job—most important
type of control

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Types of Engineering Controls
Redesign of equipment
Substitution of a material,
equipment or process
Change of process to minimize
slips, trips and falls
Use of barriers to isolate a hazard
Use of barriers to isolate a person

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Administrative Controls
Controls that change the way
people do their jobs—only
effective when people do what
they are supposed to do

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Types of Administrative Controls
Education and training
Signage
Adjusting work schedules or rotating
assignments to reduce exposure
Maintenance
Good housekeeping
Contracting specialized services

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Personal Protective Equipment
Controls that protect people
from the hazard rather than
eliminate the hazard

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Types of PPE
Slip-resistant shoes
Fall arrest equipment
Hard hats
Goggles
Nets
Roll bars
Safety platforms

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Floor Selection Criteria
Slip resistance
Ease of cleaning
Ease of maintenance
Durability
Absorption
Frost Resistance

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Making Floors Slip Resistant
Apply floor skid strips to
steps and stair nosings.

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Key Controls for Ladder Safety

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Fall Arrest Systems
Four Components
The full body harness
The anchorage
The rescue plan
The connectors

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Maximum Arresting Force
The maximum
arresting force
allowed when a
person is using a
full body harness is
1,800 pounds.

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Maximum Fall Distance
Maximum free fall distance = 6 feet
+
Deceleration distance = 3.5 feet
+
Safety factor = 2 feet
11.5 Feet

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The Right Shoe

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What’s in a Shoe?
Flat heel
Tread everywhere Pattern in tread
Deep grooves
Grooves widely-spaced
Nitrile rubber
Tread not worn

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Hard Fraud
A person plans a faked
injury for the sole purpose
of making money.

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Soft Fraud
A person slips, trips or falls, but
exaggerates the injury to make
money.
Also called
“opportunity fraud”

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Action Plan
Action Potential
Barriers
Overcoming
the Barriers