Winter Walking

This training helps employees identify potential hazards and use techniques to avoid injury when entering or exiting a vehicle and while traversing steps, sidewalks and turns.

Walking while performing job duties means that during snowy, icy weather, employees must take the time to concentrate on each step, anticipate dangerous locations, adapt to the unusual, and use techniques for safe winter walking at all times. Learners will discover how to recognize potential hazards and danger zones; enter and exit a vehicle safely; safely navigate sidewalks, steps, and turns, and avoid serious injury if you do fall.

Anyone who works outside in cold weather.

• Vehicle Exits and Entrances
  • Exiting your vehicle
  • Entering your vehicle
• Icy and Snowy Surfaces
  • Ice vs. snow
  • Dangerous surfaces
  • Snow-packed boots
• Steps
  • Safely walking up steps
  • Safely walking down steps
• Turns
  • Walking safely through a turn
  • In case of a fall

• Safely enter and exit a vehicle.
  • Explain how a hazard is created when stepping out of your vehicle.
  • List actions to take to prevent falls when exiting your vehicle.
  • Choose steps to take when entering your vehicle.
• Avoid falling on ice and snow.
  • Identify what temperature makes ice more slippery.
  • Recall that painted wood is one of the most dangerous surfaces to walk on.
  • Recognize that snow packed in the instep of a boot makes it more slippery on a floor.
  • Agree to use all available supports when walking on ice or snow.
• Safely travel up and down steps with snow and ice.
  • List safe actions to take when walking up icy or snowy steps.
  • Identify the proper want to position your foot when going down icy or snowy stairs.?
• Use appropriate techniques when walking around corners.
  • Agree that walking too fast through a turn can cause you to fall.
  • Explain how to square corners.
  • List actions to take when falling to avoid serious injury.