Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls

Review facility historical accident and injury records to assist in identifying slip, trip, and fall hazards. Establish written housekeeping procedures and reqnire everyone including patient care staff to immediately report spills and other floor hazards. Incorporate slip, trip, and fall prevention education into recurring safety training. Conduct awareness campaigns to educate employees about the risk of slips, trips, and falls. Provide feedback on the actions taken to prevent slip, trip, and fall injuries. 

Chiou, S., Evanoff, B., Wellman, H., Matz, M., and Nelson, A. Multi-disciplinary research to prevent slip, trip, and fall (STF) incidents among hospital workers. Contemporary Ergonomics 2008 Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Ergonomics (CE2008), April 1-3, 2008, Nottingham, U.K. 

What can your company do to prevent slips, trips and falls from occurring in your workplace ... 

Employee training is one of the most important elements of preventing slips, trips and falls. Edueate employees on why slips, trips and falls occur. Teach them how to look for hazards. Provide tips on ways to move about, maintain their balance, and generally conduct themselves so as to prevent injuries. Most importantly, raise awareness and build support for prevention efforts. Many companies purchase interactive training CDs or hire a third-party expert to present on the topic. 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standard 29 CFR 1910.22, Walking-Working Surfaces, and ANSI A1264.2-2006, Standard for the Provision of the Slip Resistance on Walking/Working Surfaces, provide guidance on preventing slips, trips, and falls. Safety personnel must identify, evaluate, and correct any hazards that could contribute to these types of events. 

Chiou S., B. Evanoff, H. Wellman, M. Matz, and A. Nelson. 2008. Multi-Disciplinary Research to Prevent Slip, Trip, and fall (STF) Incidents among Hospital Workers, Contemporary Ergonomics, 2008. 

All employees should be aware of how to prevent slips, trips, and falls by following good housekeeping procedures and when they work on or around ... 

Slips, trips and falls are still the major causes of accidents at work. To help prevent them ... 

Housekeeping is the routine care and cleaning that needs to be acted on daily in order for a facility to function safety and properly. In Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 29 CFR 1910.38 (b) (3), it states that the employer shall control accumulations of flammable and combustible waste materials and residues so that they do not contribute to a fire emergency. Additionally, housekeeping procedures shall be included in the written fire prevention plan. Additionally, 29 CFR 1926.25 similarly states the need for housekeeping activities at construction locations. Common injuries due to poor housekeeping include slips, trips, and falls. 

A nonprofit organization founded in 1997, whose mission is to aid in the prevention of slips and trips-and-falls through education, training, research, and standards development. It arms to assist businesses to resolve its slips, trips, and fall hazards. 

Health Care Workers Slip-, Trip-, and Fall-Related Concerns and Prevention Strategies... 

Some of the main useful strategies for preventing health care worker slips, trips, and falls in the hospital environment are shown in Figure 7.3 [15]. Additional information on these strategies is available in Ref. [15]. 

Some of the main strategies to prevent health care worker slips, trips, and falls in hospital environment. 

Steps to prevention 1 Assess your slips, trips and falls needs. 

Stairs are one of the most common areas in a workplace for slips, trips and falls. To prevent injuries, make sure your stairs are marked with anti-skid floor tape that withstands grease and oil. For added protection, install anti-skid tape with yellow and black stripes and text that reads Caution or Watch Your Step. ... 

Housekeeping is, by far, one of the easiest preventive methods to implement and tends to have the most immediate impact upon the workplace. Poor housekeeping leads to a myriad of hazards from slips, trips, and falls to fire hazards. Housekeeping is a portion of a hazard removal program in which everyone in the woricplace can take an active role. Becanse of this, it will impact more than just accident prevention it will also increase morale and productivity (see Figure 25.16). 

How to prevent injuries from slips, trips, and falls, including the use of appropriate footwear. 

There are public, business, constmction, assembly and other walking and standing surfaces made of a wide range of materials. The surfaces vary in slip resistance. The surfaces may have railings to prevent falls to levels below or provide users a place to grasp. Irregularities and placement of items may lead to tripping and falls. 

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