209 - Walking and Working Surfaces
- Always choose the safest walking path available. The safest path may not be the fastest.
- Use extra care when walking on wet surfaces and grating.
- Ensure you have good footing before stepping off a curb.
- Keep your eyes on the path you are walking to avoid tripping hazards.
- If you identify a concern or hazard in a walkway, mark or eliminate the hazard and discuss with your supervisor.
- Be aware of the areas in your location where cell phones, radios, or PDAs may interfere with equipment or communications.
- Use proper access to a flatbed trailer, such as a ladder, platform, or stairs.
- When placing water coolers or other water dispensing devices in the plant, ensure the device does not create a slip hazard from condensation or dripping. Matting may be required.
- Employees shall be protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes.
- Every open-sided permanent floor or permanent platform
four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level shall be guarded by a
standard handrail on all open sides except where there is entrance to a ramp,
stairway, or fixed ladder. If no handrail is installed,
fall protection equipment shall be worn when working on the unguarded floor or
platform until the proper handrails can be installed.
- Reference NMP-FLS-007 for work on flat bed trailers four feet or higher