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Slips, Trips and Falls

Prevent slips, trips, and falls through hazard awareness, good housekeeping, and safer walking surfaces.

  • Many fall injuries start with small conditions such as cords, debris, or surface changes.
  • Good housekeeping is a safety control, not just a cleanliness goal.
  • Workers should report and correct hazards as soon as they are found.
  • Walking paths, stairs, and access points should be checked throughout the shift.

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How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen

The three ways you go down — slips, trips, and falls — why they cause so many injuries, and the walking-working-surface rules (OSHA 1910 Subpart D) that prevent them.

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  • Overview
  • The three mechanisms
  • Why they matter more than they look
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How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Field Example

This toolbox talk explains the topic in plain language and uses job site examples to show why it matters.

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  • Understanding How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Field Example
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Site Scenario

Use this toolbox talk as a straightforward overview of the hazard, the situations where it appears, and the controls that keep it manageable.

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  • Understanding How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Site Scenario
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Common Mistakes

Read this toolbox talk to understand the topic, see how it appears on site, and recognize examples that make the hazard easier to spot.

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  • Understanding How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Common Mistakes
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Supervisor Review

This toolbox talk explains the topic in plain language and uses job site examples to show why it matters.

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  • Understanding How Slips, Trips, and Falls Happen - Supervisor Review
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe

OSHA 1910.22 — the general requirement to keep every surface you walk and work on clean, dry, in good repair, and inspected, so it never becomes the thing that puts you down.

Sections

  • Overview
  • Clean, dry, and free of hazards
  • Loads and safe access
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Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Field Example

Read this toolbox talk to understand the topic, see how it appears on site, and recognize examples that make the hazard easier to spot.

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  • Understanding Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Field Example
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Site Scenario

This toolbox talk explains the topic in plain language and uses job site examples to show why it matters.

Sections

  • Understanding Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Site Scenario
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Common Mistakes

Use this toolbox talk as a straightforward overview of the hazard, the situations where it appears, and the controls that keep it manageable.

Sections

  • Understanding Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Common Mistakes
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Supervisor Review

Read this toolbox talk to understand the topic, see how it appears on site, and recognize examples that make the hazard easier to spot.

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  • Understanding Keeping Walking and Working Surfaces Safe - Supervisor Review
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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Wet, Oily, and Slippery Surfaces

Why wet, oily, and contaminated floors are the leading cause of slips — and the controls (drainage, mats, cleanup, spill response) OSHA 1910.22 expects.

Sections

  • Overview
  • Where the slick comes from
  • Controls that keep traction
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Wet, Oily, and Slippery Surfaces - Field Example

Use this toolbox talk as a straightforward overview of the hazard, the situations where it appears, and the controls that keep it manageable.

Sections

  • Understanding Wet, Oily, and Slippery Surfaces - Field Example
  • How it shows up on site
  • What safe work looks like
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