Walking and Working SurfaceS
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Personal Factors
Everyone should take the following precautions:
Walk at a safe speed, watch where you are going, change direction carefully. Do not run.
Follow safe procedures, and use your protective equipment (e.g., appropriate footwear).
Use a flashlight or extension light in dim or unlit areas.
Be alert at all times.
Administration
Establish preventative maintenance programs ensuring regular inspection for damage or trip
hazards.
Establish and enforce procedures for immediate cleanup of spills, waste disposal, parts and
equipment storage, ladder and scaffold safety and for the reporting and correction of slips and trip
hazards.
Post warning signs in slippery areas.
Review accident records periodically (where and how have slips and falls occurred, have conditions/
contributing causes been addressed?).
Provide permanent access to high places that must be reached regularly.
Ensure suitable anchor points are available if fall arrest or restraint systems must be used.
Ensure lighting is adequate for safe work.
Ensure emergency lighting is available, working and sufficient to evacuate facility if power fails.
Ensure aisle ways are provided and maintained free of obstructions, like stored materials, carts and
chairs, or other obstacles (OFC, Sect 3.1).
Set standards for appropriate workplace footwear (e.g. no slip surfacing recommended for slippery
areas).
Establish appropriate training for individuals required to use fall arrest/restraint systems to protect
from falls from heights.
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