1. Controlling Slips, Trips and Falls
Module 4
Controlling Slips, Trips and Falls

2. 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.

3. Objectives—cont’d
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.

4. Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention
Recognize
Evaluate
Control

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

6. 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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Making Floors Slip Resistant
Apply slip-resistant
floor treatments.
Use floor mats.
Apply floor skid strips to steps and stair nosings.

13. Key Controls for Ladder Safety
Require ladder inspections before each use.
Use only ladders in good condition and appropriate for the job.
Make proper ladder use a performance requirement.
Train employees on proper ladder use.

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

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

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

17. The Right Shoe
Wearing the correct shoe for the job is important in slip and fall prevention

18. What’s in a Shoe? Tread everywhere Pattern in tread Deep grooves
Nitrile rubber
What makes a slip resistant sole different than that of a regular sole.
Tread not worn
Flat heel
Grooves widely-spaced

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

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

21. Overcoming the Barriers
Action Plan
Action
Potential Barriers
Overcoming the Barriers