Slips, Trips, And Falls In Office Environments

Most workplace accidents involve slips, trips, and falls. This online training course illustrates how carelessness in the workplace causes accidents, and the preventive steps everyone can take makes the workplace safer.

This course highlights the different types of slips, trips and falls one may encounter in an office. Many accidents, for example, involve ladders. Viewers learn the three-point rule for using ladders: keep one hand and two feet, or two hands and one foot, in contact with the ladder at all times.

This course continues to explain the different categories of walking surfaces: non-slip, moderately slippery, and slippery. For example, non-slip surfaces include rubber mats, carpet, and rough concrete. Whereas moderately slippery surfaces such as vinyl flooring and smooth concrete become very slippery when wet.

Viewers learn the importance of wearing appropriate footwear, and what to look for when selecting shoes and boots. This course also teaches employees how to fall properly, how to treat minor injuries, and when to call 911.

Use this online training course to learn practical ways to prevent slips, trips, and falls at the office.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

Everyone working in an office environment

• Introduction
• Center Of Gravity And Maintaining Balance
• Slips, Trips, And Falls
• Walking Surfaces
• Housekeeping And Maintenance
• Footwear
• How To Fall "Properly" And First Aid
• Conclusion

• Fall Protection In Industrial And Construction Environments: Preventing Slips Trips And Falls
• Fall Protection In Industrial And Construction Environments: Edges Openings And Guarding
• Fall Protection In Industrial And Construction Environments: Using Portable And Fixed Ladders