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Trip and fall hazards

Trip and fall hazards

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Trip and fall hazards

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- When we talk about fall hazards, we can really divide the discussion up into two parts: trip and fall hazards, and hazards that pose a risk of falling from heights. Let's talk about trip and fall hazards first. I feel like many times, we don't talk much about trip and fall hazards on construction sites. I mean, after all, don't we have bigger things to worry about? Let's think about it for a second. If I string a power cord or two across a walkway, or I don't take the time to secure a temporary stair tread that's loose and warped, or I don't take the time to stop and pick up some debris that got scattered around, odds are, no one's going to trip over it today, right? And even more, if someone does trip, odds are, they're probably just going to stumble, and they're not going to get seriously injured, right? Yes, these things are probably true. Odds are, these things are not going to cause a serious injury today. But…

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