Workplace Safety
Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls at Industrial Sites: A Guide for Employees
Course description
Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common causes of injury on the job. These injuries result in 1 or more days away from work, and for more severe injuries, you could be looking at weeks of lost workdays. Some workers might even be permanently disabled and unable to perform their normal jobs. Slips, trips, and falls are debilitating; costly; and, most importantly, largely preventable.
This course is for workers in industrial environments and discusses how to prevent slips, trips, and falls by recognizing hazards, applying safe work practices, and using fall prevention and protection systems.
Course Duration: 33 min
Learning objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:- Recognize slip, trip, and fall hazards
- Minimize or eliminate slip, trip, and fall hazards
- Identify personal fall protection systems to stop an accidental free fall
- Recognize fall prevention systems for specific fall hazards and equipment
- Report all slip, trip, or fall hazards