1.4 Factors Involved in STFs
This picture shows the types of factors involved in slips, trips and falls.
Summarizing the picture, we see that:
- Housekeeping issues like tools, cords and equipment left in walkways can result in 16% of incidents.
- Wet and slippery surfaces such as those around gates, next to bunks and around head chutes are responsible for ¼ of all incidents.
- Over ½ of all slips, trips and fall incidents occur because of human factors including:
- Health, physical condition, balance
- Poor eyesight, visual perception
- Age
- Physical state, fatigue
- Stress, illness
- Medications, alcohol, drugs
- Poor judgment
- Taking shortcuts
What is the company’s policy for light duty work for employees who are unable to operate heavy equipment due to short-term prescription use?
Click through this activity to see common feedyard situations of preventable injuries.
Review
Work through these interactive questions to review the important concepts discussed.