Product Code: SFBDS

Running Time: 19 minutes

Language: Spanish

Version: Standard

Some of the worst fall injuries don't always involve someone plummeting from a 100-foot chemical tank; they result from simple accidents like a trip over an unsecured rug or a fall on a slippery surface.  In his fourth program, Martin Lesperance recalls stories of fall injuries he has attended during his 22 years of experience as a firefighter and paramedic.

• Stories and re-enactments used to stress to viewers that small falls can be a big deal.
• Wearing the proper footwear.
• Recognizing and controlling fall hazards.
• Maintaining situational awareness when hazards are present.
• Keeping work areas free of unsafe conditions.
• Transitional areas, changing walking-surface conditions, snow and ice, seeing where you are looking and moving from one level to another.
• The importance of correcting a slip, trip or fall hazard as soon as you encounter one.