How Supersafe Systems Products Can Help You.
Slips, trips and falls account for the most accidents in general industry, according to OSHA, resulting in 15 percent of accidental deaths in the workplace. Only work-related motor vehicle accidents cause more worker fatalities annually. These accidents also cause many injuries that lead to time spent away from work. Slips, trips and falls (STFs) can cause sprains, strains, fractures, cuts, bruises and even concussions, which often prevent workers from doing their jobs. Today we’ll take a look specifically at slipping hazards and how they can be addressed using some of Supersafe Systems products. SUPERSAFE SYSTEMS PRODUCTS Supersafe System products, such as our Anti-Slip Peel and Stick Tape, Magic Mats, Stair Treads, Ladder Rungs, MPI Mats, increases the friction between a worker’s shoes and the ground’s surface, which helps prevent slipping. These kinds of products can be used in all...
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The impact of Safety Culture on profitability
The impact of safety culture on profitability A safety culture does not operate in a vacuum. Safety incidents can effect and derail business quality, reliability, competitiveness and more importantly profitability in the following ways: 1. Loss production caused due to incidents o Time away from the job by an injured person o Time away by first aider attending injured person o Time to deal with the issues in the Health and safety Committee o Possible downtime by production process o Possible damage to product, equipment and/or plant 2. Time and costs due to repair of plant and equipment 3. Increased insurance premiums 4. Legal costs 5. Medical expenses 6. Compensation costs to injured parties In many instances, safety is seen as a “nice to have” and does not often enough reflect on the organisations audit report as a key...
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Are domestic falls your downfall?
Are domestic falls your downfall? A weight bares on the shoulders of businesses to ensure safety measures are put in place to avoid costly slips and falls in the workplace. The question is what about the change rooms and/or bathrooms? Every year, thousands of people end up in hospital emergency rooms due to shower falls and other injuries suffered in the bathroom. According to a 2011 report published by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), the figure stands at around 235,000 people per year. Although outdated, the CDC Mortality report estimated that the bathtub, shower, toilet and sink caused 234,094 nonfatal injuries in the U.S. While people have long known that the bathroom can be a hazardous area for slips and falls, the CDC report was the first to quantify how many people suffer injuries in the bathroom and...
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Eliminating hazards in the work place – South Africa vs. Global
It has come to my attention that in South Africa there is a tendency NOT to report slips and near misses in the work environment. As the statistics emphasise below, this is a very strange phenomenon as many accidents resulting from slips and falls occur in the workplace. In the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Australia, slips and trips are treated as a high risk. This high risk ranking is a priority for attention in factories and workplaces. The environment is “controlled” by placing anti-slip treads and mats in the areas of risk in order to remove any potential hazard, thus “fixing” what they can fix and ensuring control measures are put in place. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS): There are 2 types of falls –...
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Keeping your “house” in good order: Preventing costly “slip and falls”
Slip and fall accidents are almost all directly connected to the floor – either you slip on it or you fall on it. While there is no precise way to determine when someone else is legally responsible for something on which you slip and trip, cases turn on whether the property owner acted carefully so that the slipping or tripping was not likely to happen – and whether the victim was careless in not seeing or avoiding the accident. Good housekeeping is the first and the most important level for preventing falls due to slips and trips. Below are a few points to consider to keep your “house” in order. • Surface composition Types of slip resistant floors and stairs to consider include brushed concrete, sheet vinyl with abrasive material, and seamless epoxy or urethane with surface aggregate. Porous...
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Avoiding the costly implications of “Slips and Falls”
Although there are no available statistics in South Africa specifically on slip and fall accidents, their incidences must bear some relation to the reported information regarding such accidents from the USA and the UK. The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that slips and falls account for 15% of all accidental deaths, second only to motor vehicle accidents, and slip injury costs exceed US $100- billion each year. A National US Health Survey indicates that one in fifteen persons incurs a home injury requiring medical attention every year, with slip and fall injuries forming the bulk of these. 28 000 people are killed every year by unintentional home injuries, and of these about 11 000 are related to slips and falls. The US National Safety Council reported that in the US 170 000 people are injured in bathtubs...
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