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1566   Fall Factor: Understanding and Preventing Slips, Trips & Falls   (DVD)

Fall Factors: Preventing Slips, Trips & Falls

By understanding how “fall factors” such as balance, gravity, friction and momentum contribute to these incidents; we can take preventative measures to prevent falls. That’s the purpose of this program...to prevent fall-related incidents by providing viewers with an understanding of the factors involved in every fall as well as the common hazards and unsafe actions that make a fall much more likely.

• How gravity, friction and momentum contribute to slips, trips and falls.
• How controlling our center of gravity helps us maintain our balance.
• What precautions to take to prevent falls resulting from slips.
• Why it is important to wear proper footwear for the traveling surface.
• What measures to take to avoid falls resulting from trips.
• What types of unsafe acts contribute to fall-related incidents.

19 min.

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