Module 4: Controlling Slips, Trips and 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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    • Apply floor skid strips to steps and stair nosings.
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    Fall Arrest Systems

    • Four Components
    • The full body harness
    • The anchorage
    • The connectors
    • The rescue plan
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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?

    • Tread everywhere
    • Pattern in tread
    • Deep grooves
    • Nitrile rubber
    • Tread not worn
    • Flat heel
    • Grooves widely-spaced
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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