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Slips, Trips and Fall Prevention Compendium
To help employers reduce and ultimately eliminate slips, trips and falls that
continue to occur in workplaces, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), recently announced
the availability of a compendium including slip, trip and fall prevention standards
and a technical report from their catalogues.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), floors, walkways
and ground surfaces were the source of injury and illness for 18 percent of
all days
away from work cases in 2006. Also, in 2006, 770 workers died due to falls,
a five percent increase since 2005. Slip, trip and loss of balance injuries
without
falls accounted for 35,440 non-fatal injuries and falls on the same level accounted
for 151,750 non-fatal injuries in 2006.
The compendium includes: “Safety Requirements for Workplace Walking/Working
Surfaces and Their Access,” (ANSI/ASSE A1264.1-2007); “Standard for
the Provision of Slip Resistance on Walking/Working Surfaces,” (ANSI/ASSE
A1264.2-2006); “Technical Report for Using Variable Angle Tribometers (VAT)
for Measurement of the Slip Resistance of Walkway Surfaces,” (ANSI/ASSE
TR-A1264.3-2007); “Safety Requirements for Temporary Roof and Floor Holes,
Wall Openings, Stairways and Other Unprotected Edges in Construction and Demolition
Operations,” (ANSI/ASSE A10.18-2007); “Standard Practices for Safe
Walking Surfaces,” (ASTM F1637-07); “Standard Guide for Composing
Walkway Surface Evaluation and Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips
and Falls,” (ASTM F1694-96, R2004); “Standard Guide for Ranking Footwear
Bottom Materials on Contaminated Walkway Surfaces According to Slip Resistance
Test Results,” (ASTM F1240-01); “Standard Guide for Selection of
Certain Walkway Surfaces When Considering Footwear Traction,” (ASTM F802-83,
R2003); as well as ANSI/ASSE A1264.1-1955 (R2002), ANSI/ASSE A1264.2-2001 and
ANSI A10.18-1996 standards as historic documents.
ASSE and ASTM note that the standards included in the compendium are effective
as standalone documents.
For more information on the compendium visit www.asse.org/shoponline/products/stp408.php
or contact tfisher@asse.org.
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