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Workplace Safety: Tripping Hazard Awareness with Loose Wires and Cables

   

Added on  2023-06-03

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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

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