Safety Tips - Slips, Trips & Falls

Slip, trip and falls are your Housing Authority’s Number One Loss Cause year after year after year from a liability standpoint. Let’s be proactive rather than reactive because this type of claim can and should be prevented. Try these SAFETY TIPS at your properties. They really work:

Inspect – Inspect – Inspect your properties. You must be aware of the conditions of your property as they change daily. You must check your common areas such as your sidewalks, parking lots, stairways and playgrounds.
In the winter remove ice build up immediately. Use sand if necessary.
Note all problems and hazards and create a work order ASAP for repairs by your maintenance staff.
Highlight (with paint) your curbs, steps and any areas where the general public needs to be aware of the loss potential these areas present. Be sure that the paint doesn’t decrease traction.
Enclose work areas with cones, brightly colored tape or temporary fencing.
If work areas and/or jobs are long term, check these areas frequently to ensure that children playing in the area have not removed barriers or flagging.
Don’t forget housekeeping. In the office, shop and storage buildings keep cords, tools and other tripping hazards off the floor.

Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.

"The information contained in this report was obtained from sources which to the best of the writer's knowledge are authentic and reliable. Arthur J. Gallagher makes no guarantee or results, and assumes no liability in connection with either the information herein contained or the safety suggestions herein made. Moreover, it can not be assumed that every acceptable safety procedure is contained herein, or that abnormal or unusual circumstances may not warrant or require further or additional procedures."

Previous Safety Tips: March 2008

Berwick Housing Authority
2751 Fifth Street
P.O. Box 231
Berwick, LA. 70342
(985) 385-1546 Office
(985) 385-5840 Fax