Workplace Surfaces: Hazard Prevention and Safety Training Course

Walking-working surfaces are among the most frequently used areas of any workplace, yet they remain a leading source of preventable injuries. Slips, trips, falls, falling objects, and improperly maintained surfaces can create significant safety risks for employees across offices, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, construction sites, and industrial environments. This Workplace Surfaces: Hazard Prevention and Safety Training Course provides practical guidance on identifying hazards, applying OSHA requirements, and implementing safer workplace practices.

Participants will learn how to recognize common walking-working surface hazards, understand OSHA safety requirements, and develop strategies to help prevent injuries and maintain safer work environments.

Designed for employees, supervisors, facility managers, safety professionals, maintenance personnel, and employers, this training helps organizations strengthen workplace safety programs and reduce risks associated with walking-working surfaces.

Training Objectives

• Understand OSHA requirements for walking-working surfaces
• Recognize and mitigate slip, trip, and fall hazards
• Implement fall protection and falling object safety measures
• Assess and manage workplace surface load capacities
• Develop routine inspection and maintenance practices to improve safety

Course Overview

Walking-working surfaces are present in virtually every workplace and include floors, aisles, stairs, platforms, mezzanines, ladders, docks, ramps, and elevated work areas. When these surfaces are not properly maintained or hazards are overlooked, employees may face increased risks of injury, property damage, and operational disruptions.

This training provides an overview of OSHA walking-working surface requirements and explores practical methods for identifying, evaluating, and controlling common workplace hazards.

Participants will learn how slips, trips, and falls occur and examine common contributing factors such as wet floors, uneven surfaces, cluttered walkways, poor housekeeping, inadequate lighting, damaged flooring, and improperly stored materials. The course emphasizes the importance of proactive hazard recognition and prevention.

Learners will also review fall protection requirements and methods used to protect workers from elevated surface hazards. Topics include guardrails, designated walking areas, ladder safety considerations, falling object prevention measures, and safe access practices.

The training explores workplace surface load capacity requirements and explains why understanding weight limitations is critical for protecting employees, equipment, storage systems, and structural components. Participants will gain a better understanding of how overloaded surfaces and storage areas can create serious safety risks.

Special attention is given to workplace inspections, preventive maintenance programs, hazard reporting, and housekeeping practices that support safer work environments. Regular inspections and corrective actions help organizations identify risks before incidents occur.

By understanding OSHA requirements and implementing effective hazard prevention strategies, organizations can reduce injuries, improve workplace safety performance, and create safer working conditions for employees.

This program is available with Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Creole, Croatian, French, Korean, Kurdish, Nepali, Spanish, Swahili, and Vietnamese closed captions.

Compliance Standards & Regulations

This course references the following standards and regulations:

• OSHA Walking-Working Surfaces (29 CFR 1910.22)
• OSHA Ladders and Stairways (29 CFR 1910.23)
• OSHA Duty to Have Fall Protection and Falling Object Protection (29 CFR 1910.28)
• OSHA Dockboards and Related Requirements (29 CFR 1910.26)

Key Benefits

• Improves awareness of walking-working surface hazards
• Helps reduce slip, trip, and fall incidents
• Reinforces OSHA compliance requirements
• Promotes safer housekeeping and maintenance practices
• Strengthens workplace inspection programs
• Supports fall protection and falling object prevention efforts
• Enhances overall workplace safety culture

Course Details

• Course Length: 10 Minutes
• Language(s): EN / ES / FR / Other
• SKU: AT106
• Produced: 2024

Includes a downloadable participant guide.

Streaming video is included with the license.

Compatible with your LMS or accessible through a hosted LMS platform.

Video Streaming Licensing Options

The pricing displayed above applies to the hosted video-streaming option and includes access for the selected number of learners based on the license tier selected.

Included with Your License

• Hosted video-streaming access
• Downloadable participant guide
• Closed captions (where available)
• Certificate of completion (where applicable)

Need Additional Delivery Options?

In addition to our hosted video-streaming solution, we also offer:

• SCORM course packages for LMS deployment
• Classroom Video-on-Demand training packages
• Enterprise licensing solutions
• Multi-year licensing options

Additional delivery options are priced separately from the hosted video-streaming licenses displayed above.

For organizations requiring access for more than 250 learners, SCORM deployment, classroom training packages, or enterprise licensing solutions, please contact us for a custom quote.