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Fall Protection

Thousands of workers are injured annually due to slips, trips and falls that cause a great deal of pain and suffering.

While statistics can be used to identify where the majority of accidents occur, these topics are intended to help you understandwhyaccidents happen. They then categorize the problem and offer solutions to help eliminate or minimize the hazards.

Many solutions to unsafe acts and dangerous working conditions are included but without a doubt, the first and the most important preventative measure is good housekeeping. Without good housekeeping practices, the elimination of hazards will never be fully effective.

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DON’T FIX THE BLAME; FIX THE PROBLEM.

Finding someone to blame may be satisfying, but even more satisfying is never having to say you're sorry! Teaching employees "Teamwork" really does pay off as negative statistics confirm. Check out the many reason why "slips, trips and falls" occur and make sure your teams are not missing out on any? It never hurts to look!

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Keep the workplace clear of tripping hazards.

This offers a foundation for many rules that can be seamlessly integrated into a company’s safety manual.

It can be tailored to match your own needs, as it not only identifies employees’ problems but also offers solutions.

It is decidedly modern, concentrating specifically on many safety hazards faced by today’s industry.

Take housekeeping seriously…it reduces workplace hazards.

Do you really think “housekeeping’ is a safety issue?

Many surprises are crammed into this theme and after studying it, employees should hit the ground running in their efforts to comply with the wisdom contained in the package.

The best feature is its simplicity, as it takes direct aim at safety hazards in your workplace.

Take time to move about safely on steps and walkways.

Use this topic in a more direct way to boost employees understanding of the safety hazards they face.

Now is the time for employees to use the knowledge gained from this and other safety training sessions and tour the plant.

Nothing beats a “hands-on” approach to really drive home the safety dangers faced.
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Don’t take a trip you didn’t intend to make.

Believe it or not, level surfaces are where most falls occur!

This topic is bursting with safety ideas concerning the “do’s and don’ts” for employees’ working on level surfaces.

You must take advantage of this common sense approach, designed to minimize, or perhaps even eliminate, slips, trips and falls in your plant.
Avoid slips, trips and falls…A little sensible prevention can save a lifetime of pain.

Spend time to become familiar with this inventory of safety rules expressly designed to protect workers on the ground or working at hazardous heights.

Topping up this topic, learn about the housekeeping necessary to keep the workplace safe and the many circumstances where employees use common sense to avoid accidents.
Slips and trips have serious consequences…Watch where you are going!

Use this topic to correct any outdated safety ideas your team may have!

This step-by-step guide takes you through previous sessions on …slips, trips and falls.

It includes good opportunities to reinforce employees’ understanding of company rules and for you to demonstrate the correct use of protective equipment such as harnesses and fall protectors.
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Take one step at a time.

This introduces Engineered Protection; such as guard rails, protective covers and gates specifically designed to prevent falls.

Questions and Answers explain where this type of equipment should always be in use.

While engineered protection is “employee friendly”, this topic will help reinforce the fact that the use of Common Sense is just using sound judgment.
Watch your footing – many serious accident begin with a trip or a fall.

This topic will convey a better appreciation, not only of the economic loss, but also of pain and suffering and sometimes even death suffered by employees from trips and falls.

Subsequently you will be able to focus on the company’s built-in engineered protection and the need to comply with safety rules in work procedures.

Acrobatics belong in the circus, not in the workplace.

This is the preamble you need to illustrate the hazards posed by slips, trips and falls.

Besides introducing employees to a catalog of unsafe workplace behaviour, it offers a list of rules designed to prevent accidents on floor surfaces and stairs.

Finally, find out how to fall down and perhaps not hurt yourself.
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