Slips Trips and Falls: Retail

Although most slips, trips, and falls are preventable, these types of accidents send more than one million people to the emergency room each year. This online safety training video explains what causes slips, trips, and falls, and emphasizes what retail employees can do to keep their work location safer for customers and coworkers.

Slips are caused by water, ice, oil, snow, and spilled products such as coffee on the floor or ground. Viewers learn the importance of being alert to these substances and taking action to clean them up. Trips are caused by elevated surfaces, such as curbs and stairs, and obstacles such as debris. This course shows where slips, trips, and falls tend to happen, such as parking lots, entrances, and stairways. It explains how to respond if an accident does occur, and stresses the importance of having the injured person talk with a supervisor.

Use this online video training to prepare retail employees to recognize potential slip and fall hazards, and take the correct actions to prevent accidents from occurring.

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Retail store employees

• Introduction
• Causes
• Awareness and Prevention
• Awareness and Action
• Conclusion

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