ComplyRight Slips, Trips & Falls Safety Training

in this short video we will show you something most people don't realize about what causes us to trip and fall and how to avoid this dangerous hazard slips trips and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents and result in back injuries strains and sprains contusions and fractures the trip happens when your foot or lower leg hits an object and stops but your upper body continues moving resulting in loss of balance but first let's understand one very important thing that we all have in common can you tell what it is when a person takes a step their foot comes off the ground about half an inch before it steps back down again therefore anything that sticks up a half inch or more can cause you to trip and then your momentum can cause you to fall if you're lucky you'll walk away with a few bumps and bruises but for the not so lucky Falls result in 15% of all accidental death