Ensuring a safe work environment is an important action an employer must take to protect the safety of staff, management and consumers from injury and accidents. Winter months pose a unique challenge ...

The purpose of this presentation is to educate industry professionals on the different types of slip-resistant products available—their advantages and disadvantages, statistics on slips and falls, ...

Slips, trips, and falls are the second-leading cause of workplace injuries at Purdue. However, the University's Radiological and Environmental Management area, with other units of Physical Facilities, ...

When I came home from the gym, all four limbs were working fine. But not for long. Moments later, I got out of the shower. While grabbing a towel, I dripped water on the floor. My labradoodle was ...

Injuries can occur at any workplace. UMass Lowell follows the OSHA standard for maintaining general industry around walking/working surfaces, etc. to minimize the potential for slips, trips, and falls ...

Slips, trips and falls account for the majority of all workplace accidents. During the winter months, these types of accidents are even more prevalent due to more muddy, wet and icy walking and ...

Every year, people are injured as a result of falling while walking, jogging or running — especially during winter periods when traction tends to deteriorate. The military and civilian personnel of ...

As problem solvers, we tend to get way ahead of ourselves. We tend to go for solutions before we totally understand the causes, problems and the systems in which they exist. This is the problem when ...

Wet floors or spills and clutter can lead to employee slips, trips, falls and other possible injuries. OSHA offers the following 19 solutions and good work practices to eliminate the likelihood of ...

For cleaning professionals, facility maintenance teams, environmental services departments, and custodial staff, I would ...

Slips, trips, and falls are some of the most common causes of workplace injuries in the US, accounting for over 8 million emergency room treatments every year. While not all these incidents are severe ...