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 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 www.robshawassociates.com
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Slips www.robshawassociates.com
Slips Hierarchy www.robshawassociates.com
Flooring www.robshawassociates.com
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 www.robshawassociates.com
Portable Friction Tests www.robshawassociates.com
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 www.robshawassociates.com
The Pendulum Test Developed to simulate pedestrian gait Gives relevant information Method of operation is important www.robshawassociates.com
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Cleaning www.robshawassociates.com
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 www.robshawassociates.com
A Tale of Two Cleaners Simple changes to cleaning can make a big difference to risk Slips can have significant impact on people www.robshawassociates.com
Using the Correct Method Residual coverage following floor cleaning Residual Contamination (RC) (Field conditions vs. Two-steps at 24°C) 100 Field (FQT, DM at C and T) As Found 80 Optimal (FQT, 2SM at Rec. And 24°C) Improved Regime RC (%) 60 40 20 0 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2 6 3 5 8 2 0 9 4 2 2 1 1 5 7 3 5 3 1 5 , , , , , , , , , , 7 5 3 2 1 0 1 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 5 . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( A 3 6 T H H H H C L K 1 E F S S S S D R K G I A A A A S T L Y L L L D H L U F F F X O www.robshawassociates.com
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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 www.robshawassociates.com
GRIP rating scheme For more information visit: www.hsl.gov.uk/products www.robshawassociates.com
Overshoes www.robshawassociates.com
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 www.robshawassociates.com
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 www.robshawassociates.com
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What is a Trip? www.robshawassociates.com
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Stairs www.robshawassociates.com
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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 www.robshawassociates.com
Contacts Us rob@robshawassociates.com rachel@robshawassociates.com 07751 086383 www.robshawassociates.com
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