Slips, Trips, & Falls Course Overview

Slips, trips, and falls are the number one cause of work-related accidents, with over 200,000 incidents reported annually in the United States. These accidents account for more than 700 workplace deaths each year, representing 15% of all occupational fatalities—second only to motor vehicle-related deaths. In healthcare settings, slips, trips, and falls pose dual risks: injuries to healthcare workers navigating busy clinical environments, and falls among patients that result in serious injuries, litigation, and regulatory scrutiny. The direct costs of these injuries include medical expenses, workers’ compensation claims, and legal fees, while indirect costs encompass lost productivity, temporary replacement workers, training costs, and decreased morale.

This course provides the causes of slips, trips, and falls along with simple, practical steps that both employers and employees can take to greatly reduce and often eliminate hazards. Employees learn to identify slip hazards (wet floors, slippery surfaces, weather conditions), trip hazards (uneven surfaces, poor lighting, clutter, cords), and fall hazards (working at heights, unstable surfaces, ladder misuse), and implement prevention strategies including proper housekeeping, appropriate footwear, and safe work practices.

What You’ll Learn

✓ Identify slip hazards including wet surfaces, contamination, and transitional flooring

✓ Recognize trip hazards such as uneven surfaces, poor lighting, obstructions, and clutter

✓ Understand fall hazards from working at heights and using ladders or steptools

✓ Apply prevention strategies for reducing slips, trips, and falls in healthcare environments

✓ Implement proper housekeeping practices that eliminate common hazards

✓ Follow safe work practices including attentive walking and proper footwear selection

✓ Report hazardous conditions to prevent injuries to coworkers and patients

Slips, Trips, & Falls Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction and Objectives

Scope of slip, trip, and fall injuries in the workplace, statistics on accidents and fatalities, direct and indirect costs of workplace falls, unique risks in healthcare settings, OSHA standards for walking-working surfaces, course objectives, and shared responsibility between employers and employees

Lesson 2: Hazardous Conditions

Slip hazards, trip hazards, fall hazards

Lesson 3: Hazardous Acts and Work Practices

Rushing and inattention, improper footwear, carrying loads that obstruct vision, taking shortcuts through unauthorized areas, ignoring warning signs, failing to use three points of contact on ladders, jumping from elevated surfaces, running on slippery surfaces, not reporting known hazards

Lesson 4: Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls

Employer responsibilities, employee responsibilities, proper ladder use

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Who Should Take Slips, Trips, & Falls

🏥 All Healthcare Workers

Nurses, physicians, and clinical staff navigating busy patient care areas

🧹 Environmental Services

Housekeeping personnel responsible for floor care and maintenance

🔧 Facilities and Maintenance

Staff working at heights or in areas with fall hazards

💊 Pharmacy and Laboratory

Personnel working in areas with chemical spill risks

📋 Administrative Staff

Office workers navigating hallways, stairwells, and multi-level facilities

🚚 Supply Chain and Receiving

Staff moving equipment and supplies through facilities

Certificate & Compliance

Upon successful completion, learners receive an official certificate of completion documenting their slips, trips, and falls prevention training for OSHA compliance records and facility safety programs.

The course includes assessments that verify understanding of slip, trip, and fall hazards, employer and employee responsibilities, and prevention strategies. Certificates are generated immediately and can be downloaded or printed for employee files and compliance documentation.

Supports Compliance With:

  • OSHA General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1))
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910.22 (General requirements for walking-working surfaces)
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910.23 (Ladders)
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910.24 (Step bolts and manhole steps)
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910.28 (Fall protection systems and criteria)
  • Joint Commission workplace safety standards
  • State OSHA requirements
Slips, Trips, & Falls Certificate of Completion

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PREVENT COSTLY SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS

Give Your Team the Awareness to Eliminate Common Workplace Hazards

Over 200,000 workplace slip, trip, and fall accidents occur annually—but most are preventable with proper hazard awareness and simple prevention strategies. Protect your employees and patients while reducing workers’ compensation costs with comprehensive training on hazard identification and elimination.

Trusted by hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and healthcare organizations committed to workplace safety

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