Rail Safety Week: Slips, Trips & Falls Prevention

Safety And Risk Success

For this episode of the Safety and Risk Success Podcast, Christian shares actionable strategies to prevent slips, trips, and falls, with a focus on the rail sector. Get ready to implement some of these tips today!

Highlights:

- Slips, trips, and falls are a major cause of injuries in the rail sector: 67% of severe passenger injuries in stations.

- Slips are more common than trips: 30%-33% of reported RIDDOR incidents are slips, trips, and falls.

- Slips are more complex to mitigate than trips: You need to take a scientific approach.

- Trip hazards can be identified and mitigated through the "TIDY" method: Tidy, Identify, Route, Plan.

- Slip hazards need to be assessed using "Slipology": Assess, Amend, Advocate, Assure, Affirm.

- It's important to understand that the risk of slips can be significantly reduced: 85% reductions have been seen in swimming pools and hotels.

- We can identify slip risks with the "CHIMES" method: Contamination, Heal, Individual, Maintenance, Environment, Surface.

- A pendulum test helps identify the slip resistance of flooring: Floors that don’t meet the required PTV level could cause falls.

- The most common slip hazards are in 5% of areas: Entrance matting, washrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, loading bays.

- Signs on their own are not enough: They’re only needed in a few cases, namely during cleaning, and immediately after a spillage.

- Wet-floor signage is a symptom of a problem: Always look beyond the sign.

- Christian has helped over 1,000 organisations assess slip risks: His Slip Prevention Scorecard can help you assess the slip resistance of your organisation.

- Don't delay tackling slip risks: There's a lot you can do to reduce risk.

Actions:

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