Watch the archived presentation below.

Many companies have taken steps to address the major physical causes of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. As a result, the biggest single cause of slips, trips and falls is now human factors, which is responsible for 54 percent of all incidents. This webinar will review what causes slips, trips and falls in the first place, from physical issues like wet floors to mental factors like distraction.

The presentation will cover:

• Major risk factors of slips, trips and falls
• How the changing environment increases the importance of maintaining focus
• The benefits and limits of OSHA requirements
• How inattention blindness reduces the effectiveness of your current measures
• The common elements missing from most slip, trip and fall prevention efforts

It will also outline what you can do to reduce slip, trip and fall injuries by addressing both physical causes and human factors, including how to recalibrate employees’ perception of risk, how to build better habits and how human factors training can help you prevent slip, trip and fall incidents in the future.

Presenter

Rhonda Piggee is a Certified Safety Professional with a unique flair for training and interacting with people. She combines her Master of Science in occupational safety, health and environmental management with a Bachelor of Science in human development and psychology to create a balance between regulatory compliance and the behavioral side of safety. She has worked on multiple U.S. military bases in Iraq, as well as in the pulp and paper, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. She is also a 2014 National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety Award Recipient.

Moderator

Kyle W. Morrison covers occupational safety and workplace safety regulation as senior associate editor for Safety+Health magazine.