WVSDB Preventing Trips, Slips And Falls--module 2 2013

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Quiz mainly covers falls caused by slips, trips and falls at the same level. A continuation of module 1--Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls.

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WVSDB Preventing Trips, Slips And Falls--module 2 2013

Good housekeeping, such as maintaining clear pathways, may reduce the likelihood of employees tripping, slipping, or falling.

Falling "properly" may help to minimize injuries from trips, slips, and falls.

Employees should wear proper footwear to minimize slip, trip, and fall risks.

Ways of minimizing or preventing discharge, splatter, or spillage of liquids, oils, particles, dusts onto the floor, which can lead to trips, slips, and falls, include the following: (Check all that apply.)

Adequate ventilation does not keep oil, steam condesnation, water and grease off of floor.

Adequate lighting to keep work areas, aisle, and path of travel well lit, help to decrease the risk of falls, trips, and slips.

Ways of making steps and stairs safer include the following: (Check all that apply.)

Slip resistant floros should be installed in high risk areas such as entranceways and kitchens.

Floor drains should be installed where water on the floor will occur, to decrease the chances of slips, trips, and falls.

Applying a skid-resistant coating and highlighted edges to a ramp may decrease the likelihood of slips, trips, and falls.

Skid-resistant, anti-fatigue mats should not be used in kitchen and food preparation areas.

Workers should wear slip-resistant shoes.

Highlighting slip and trip hazards for better visibility can decrease the likelihood of a trips, slip or fall.

It is not important to keep walkways, aisles and stairs clear of materials, equipment and other hazards.

It doesn't matter if rugs or mats are bunched up and don't lay flat.

Cables, cords, wires, and hoses should be kept away from walkways and other paths of travel.

Unanchored loose rugs or mats don't pose a tripping or slipping hazard.

Open desk, cabinet, and file drawers aren't a tripping or slipping hazard.

Items on the floor, e.g., boxes, cords, cables, materials, around work spaces can be a tripping hazard.

Spills and debris should be cleaned up immediately.

After a spill on a floor, the area should be blocked off until the surface is completely dry or repaired. People should not be allowed to walk through the area until surface is dry or repaired.

When cleaning floors wet floor signs or cones shoudl be used.

When walking, don't run or push. Make sure you have enough time to get where you're going.

When walking it is ok to engage in activities such as reading, writing, texting, while walking.

Rushing and skipping steps when going up/down stairs is not dangerous.

Which of the activities below are "safe walking practices." Check all that apply.

You should walk carefully and slowly when you transition from one type of walking surface to another.

Extra care should be taken when yo come indoors with wet shoes or boots.

It is not important to slow down and take small careful stefps if the surface is uneven, cluttered, slippery or at an angle.

If you must walk on a slippery or wet surface, which of the following should you do? (Check all that apply.)

Prior to mounting/dismounting from any equipment which of the following should you do? (Check all that apply.)

When mounting/dismounting from equipment you should always maintain three-point contact at all times until reaching ground, cab or stable platform. Which of the choices below is a three point contact?

What precautions should you take prior to mounting/dismounting from a ladder? (Check all that apply.)

Proper footwear can help prevent or reduce the risk of a slip, trip, and fall incident.

Which of the following are true about footwear at the worksite? (Check all that apply.)

Wearing shoes with increased traction does not substitute for safe walking practices.

Wear shoes with slip-resistant soles or traction devices when walking or working on surfaces that are wet, greasy, icy or otherwise slick.

If you fall, you can reduce the chance of serious injury if you roll with the fall and don't reach out.

If you fall you should let your body crumple and roll.

If you fall, don't bend your elbows and knees and don't use your arms and legs to absorb the fall.

Get medical attention after a fall to treat anything torn, sprained, or broken.