Safety Talk

It's easy to take the subject of falls lightly unless you or someone you know has had a serious fall. Then you realize how deadly this commonplace accident can be. Millions of people are injured or killed by falls every year. Most of these falls occur on the same level. That means they do not involve a fall from a height above ground level. Instead, most falls occur from slipping on a slick surface, or tripping over an object. To understand how a fall occurs, we have to review a little high school physics. Three forces are involved in falls friction, […]