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CCOHS CCHST Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail Safety Hazards # Parking Lots - Fall Prevention ## On this page Do parking lots pose special hazards? What factors contribute to fall incidents in a parking lot? Are speed bumps a fall hazard? Are tire stops hazardous? How can you prevent falls? What does good housekeeping mean in terms of parking lots? What responsibilities do workers have? ## Do parking lots pose special hazards? Parking lots are a part of many workplaces. Even though you may not be conducting your job there (unless you are a parking attendant or maintenance worker), there is still a possibility that you can be injured. Besides the risk of violence, the major risk includes falls resulting from slips and trips. Workplaces can help reduce slip, trip, and fall injuries by having a written policy or procedure about the safe walking conditions and surfaces. Parking lots should be inspected on a regular basis and any defects repaired. ## What factors contribute to fall incidents in a parking lot? A smooth, even, flat surface is ideal for walking because it reduces the likelihood of twisted ankles or loss of balance which can lead to falls and other painful mishaps. However, heavy use by both pedestrians and vehicle traffic both cause a parking surface to deteriorate. Figure 1 shows examples of damage to look for such as broken pavement, and gratings. Parking Lots - Fall Prevention CCOHS

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# Plumber (cont.) ## Working Safely with Sewage (cont.) Change out of work clothes before leaving the work site. If any sewage has gotten onto your clothes, change them right away. Soiled work clothes should be sealed in a plastic bag and laundered separately from other clothing. Wash your hands thoroughly after handling the clothing. ## Personal Protection - Use fall protection and other precautions when working at heights. - Use eye protection when cutting or grinding to avoid eye injuries from flying particles. - Use appropriate respiratory protection when there is a potential to be exposed to harmful levels of airborne contaminants (e.g., soldering fumes, asbestos, mould, lead, silica, or other substances). Make sure to follow the requirements of the respirator program, including fit testing, and care and maintenance. - Use appropriate personal protective equipment for the task (e.g. hard hats, eye protection, face protection). - Wear appropriate footwear (sturdy shoe with a protective toe box and a non-slip sole) - If working on hot pipes, use heat-insulating gloves and eye/face shields and make sure to drain pipes before you open them. - To avoid electric shock, only use power tools that are safe for a wet environment and that have a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). Be cautious when working on metal pipes - if you feel tingling when touching a metal pipe, stop work immediately. - Install and maintain good ventilation. ## Material Handling - Avoid awkward body positions and repetitive manual tasks, or take frequent breaks. Try to rotate your tasks and take a quick break every 30 minutes. - Learn safe lifting techniques. ## Maintenance - Keep tools and equipment, and their safety features, in good working order. - Keep cutting equipment sharp so they will work properly. Cut away from your face and body to avoid cuts and punctures. - Keep work areas clear of clutter and equipment. Place, stack, or store materials and equipment so t…

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# What are examples of responsibilities of safety coordinators? (cont.) ## Why are safe work procedures established? (cont.) Compliance with health and safety rules should be considered a condition of employment. Rules must be explained to new workers when they start work or if they are transferred or retrained. After a suitable interval, these workers should be briefed to ensure they understand the rules applicable to their work. The employer must establish procedures for dealing with repeat rule violators. Supervisors are responsible for correcting unsafe acts, such as a breach of rules, and they must be supported in this duty. Points that should be considered in establishing procedures on this issue are: - Ensure that workers are aware of the rule. - Ensure that workers are not encouraged, coerced, or forced to disregard the rule by fellow workers. - All rules are to be followed. - All violations will be managed. Action is taken promptly. The role of discipline is that of education, not punishment. - While having guidelines for penalties for the first offence or infractions may be desirable, some flexibility is required when applying the guidelines since each case will vary in its circumstances. - Action is done confidentially, consistently, and recorded. ## How do you establish safe work procedures? Safe work procedures are the safest way of doing a job, job instruction, monitoring performance, and incident investigation. Job safety analysis (JSA), also known as "job hazard analysis", is the first step in developing the correct procedure. In this analysis, each task of a specific job is examined to identify hazards and to determine the safest way to do the job. Job safety analysis involves the following steps: 1. Select the job. 2. Break down the job into a sequence of steps. 3. Identify the hazards. 4. Define preventive measures. - The analysis should be conducted on all critical tasks or jobs as a first priority. Critical jobs include: - Th…