Slips, Trips, and Falls A Roundtable Discussion
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Slips, Trips, and Falls
A Roundtable Discussion
The Roundtable
Gary Hatcher American Electric Power
Tim Walter First Energy Corporation
Gregg Slintak Consolidated Edison Co. of New York
Mark LaBaza Consumers Energy
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A Big Opportunity
Slips, trips, and fall events are significant drivers of injury experience and claims costs
Liberty Mutual’s analysis of 2012 data revealed that falls on same level and slip/trip events drove:
19% of workplace injuries
$11.36 billion in compensation claims costs
Accident Fund Insurance and United Heartland reported that slips on ice/snow drove nearly a third of Midwestern claims with lost time
The opportunity is universal – exposure is everywhere
PDCA Model
STFSS Summit Project
Video
High Level Data Analysis
Core group of SH Professionals and Project Leads conducted:
Individual review of the 1500 events
Identified and defined similar event categories
Narrowed the similarities into 8 Causation Clusters
Within the 8 Causation Clusters, further segregated each cluster into common themes
Individual Breakdown of the 1500 Events into the 8 Clusters
Result is a focused approach towards solutions
Seven (or is that 8?)-Clusters
Housekeeping
Surface Type
Task Demands
Equipment Failures
Body Mechanics
Hazard Recognition
Ascending/Descending
Complacency or Lack of Focus
Town Hall Meetings
78 facilitators trained
60 Town Halls conducted in less than a month across the system…
Asked Line Employees: How can we prevent slips, trips, falls, strains and sprains?
There were challenges…
Weather was not our friend
We found that we had been effective in teaching co-workers about complacency and accountability.
Next Steps
QUESTIONS?
Slip and Fall Mechanics
Measuring Slipperiness: Human
Locomotion and Surface Factors,
R. Grongvist, et al
Lockhart’s Intervention Concept
*Illustration depicts implementation by UPS
It’s out there?
Consumers Energy Slippery Surface Training recap
Development - 2011
First Pilot completed:
Flint Michigan - January 2012
Today
9 units ( 7 stationary – 2 mobile)
Future
0 50 100 150 200
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total Slip Trip Fall (includes all slips, trips, falls on all levels)
Consumers Energy Total Slips, Trips, Falls on all levels
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
TOTAL SLIPS and FALLS (slips, falls on same level)
Minor slips & falls reported but not recordable (for slips, falls on same level)
Recordable slips and falls (on same level)
TOTAL FALLS (on same level)
Minor falls reported but not recordable (on same level)
Recordable falls (on same level)
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011 – 2014 Consumers Energy Data Comparison
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Slip Trip Fall (includes all slips, trips, falls on all levels)
Recordable slips and falls (on same level)
Recordable falls (on same level)
OSHA Recordables
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Slip Trip Fall (includes all slips, trips, falls on all levels)
Minor slips & falls reported but not recordable (for slips, falls on same level)
Recordable slips and falls (on same level)
Minor falls reported but not recordable (on same level)
Recordable falls (on same level)
“Minors” and Recordables
Variables?
Discussion on variables: • Weather (inches of snow, average temps) • How many employees • How many took the training • Hours on the road “walking”– employee hours • Other variables like footwear programs
QUESTIONS?
Existing Practices and Solutions:
Vehicle Entry/Exit
3-points, and No Leaps
Eyes and Salt Lead the Feet
Existing Practices and Solutions:
Traction Improvement
Thoughts?
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