Workplace Safety: Tripping Hazard Awareness with Loose Wires and Cables

WORKPLACE
SAFETY
HAZARD RECOGNITION

Slips, Trips& Falls
 TRIPPING HAZARD AWARENESS:
LOOSE WIRES AND CABLES
Wires and the cables from the phone, laptops, internet connections
and other office equipment create tripling hazard if stretched
across the walkways where the people walk.

Causes
 Sloped walking surfaces
 Loose floorboards or shifting tiles
 Loose, unanchored rugs or mats
 Untangled wires at the surfaces
 Loose cable cords and the data cables
of the phone and the laptop char
 ger in the walkway surface

Effects
 Employees get their feet caught in the cord and the wire
 Unfocused steps in the untangled electric wires may lead to
further injuries
 Tripp and Falls due to wires
 Head injury
 Injury and cut in the hands and in the feet
 Damage of the office equipment
 Leg injury and permanent disability