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Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls Rob Shaw www.robshawassociates.com Who We Are Rob: Over 14 years with HSE investigating and preventing falls Technical Lead for the HSE Falls Prevention Team Has delivered training and consultancy

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Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls

Rob Shaw

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Who We Are

Rob:

  • Over 14 years with HSE investigating and preventing falls
  • Technical Lead for the HSE Falls Prevention Team
  • Has delivered training and consultancy internationally on the topic

Rachel:

  • Over 10 years experience providing training in education and industry
  • Project manager at HSE managing falls prevention work as well as other

reactive incident support work

  • Member of HSE Commercial Development team

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Slips

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Slips Hierarchy

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Flooring

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Friction Requirements

Risk 1 in: CoF Slip Potential 1,000,000 0.36 Low 100,000 0.34 Moderate 10,000 0.29 Moderate 200 0.27 Moderate 20 0.24 High For low risk activity – normal level walking

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Portable Friction Tests

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Invalid Tests

There are many portable friction tests available Few are relevant to pedestrian slipping Be wary of misinformation when assessing pedestrian slip risk, from e.g. Brungraber Mk 2; Bot 3000; Tortus; GMG

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The Pendulum Test

Developed to simulate pedestrian gait Gives relevant information Method of operation is important

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The Pendulum Test

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Cleaning

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Why Cleaning is Important

Cleaning should remove contamination Cleaning may introduce other slip and trip hazards Floors can be compromised by grease, leading to accidents when the floor becomes wet

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A Tale of Two Cleaners

Simple changes to cleaning can make a big difference to risk Slips can have significant impact on people

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Residual coverage following floor cleaning (Field conditions vs. Two-steps at 24°C)

20 40 60 80 100

K 3 ( . 7 , 7 2 ) K 1 6 ( . 5 , 3 6 ) L I F T ( . 3 3 , 5 2 ) F L A S H ( . 1 7 , 3 3 ) F L A S H ( . 2 , 1 5 ) F L A S H ( . 5 1 , 5 8 ) D A S H ( 1 . 2 2 , 2 2 ) H S D C ( . 1 1 , 1 ) U L T R A ( . 1 , 1 9 ) O X Y G E L ( . 1 1 , 5 4 )

RC (%)

Field (FQT, DM at C and T) Optimal (FQT, 2SM at Rec. And 24°C)

Residual Contamination (RC)

As Found Improved Regime

Using the Correct Method

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Train Station

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Train Station

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Footwear

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Footwear

Low down on the hierarchy of controls but often the easiest and cheapest control to implement May be the only control available:

  • Contract cleaners
  • Peripatetic workers

May already issue PPE footwear so could be a zero cost solution Getting good information can be difficult

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GRIP rating scheme

For more information visit: www.hsl.gov.uk/products

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Overshoes

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Energy Company

Large peripatetic sales workforce HSL helped identify footwear for trial Trialled with 600 staff: In the year before the trial:

  • 74 lost time incidents, stood workforce down during the worst

weather

In the year of the trial:

  • 1 lost time incidents, did not stand the workforce down at all

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Supermarket

Decided to issue safety footwear to staff in high risk areas 40,000 new pairs Cost £600,000 Was it worth it? In first 12 months saved them approximately £1,000,000

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Trips

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What is a Trip?

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Stairs

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Summary

Falls can be prevented The solutions are often simple Beware of test data Slips – slips hierarchy Trips – often a housekeeping or maintenance issue

RSA can assist

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Contacts Us

rob@robshawassociates.com rachel@robshawassociates.com 07751 086383

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