ASTM F1694-14
(Guide)Standard Guide for Composing Walkway Surface Investigation, Evaluation and Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips, and Falls
Standard Guide for Composing Walkway Surface Investigation, Evaluation and Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips, and Falls
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide provides recommendations for recording walkway surface investigation, evaluation, and incident report data pertaining to slips, trips, stumbles, and falls. It is intended to aid individuals or entities in the development of their own special reporting system. It is recognized that a user may use this guide in its entirety or may extract only those segments providing the level of information recommended. Depending on the intended use, a report form may be designed to be used alone or as a supplement to or incorporated within another report form. This guide is not a final report form. It lists items that may be considered for inclusion into a questionnaire, document, or report.
4.2 Potential users include persons interested in the prevention and investigation of slip, trip, stumble, and fall phenomena, such as insurance company loss control specialists, industrial and commercial safety professionals, plant and facilities management personnel, forensic engineers, and research personnel concerned with factor correlation, statistics acquisition, loss control, and cost control.
4.3 This guide provides uniform language appropriate for creating a form for manually recording information regarding pedestrian walkway evaluations and slip, trip, and fall incidents.
4.4 Recommendations for Reporting—Information specific to site location and case identification is given in 6.2; information specific to walkway evaluation is given in 6.3; information specific to slip, trip, and fall incidents is given in 6.4.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide provides a listing of items that may be useful in recording and evaluating the conditions of a walkway surface, including ramps and stairs, that may involve a slip, stumble, or trip that may result in a fall.
1.2 This guide provides a listing of data that may be useful in investigating, evaluating, and reporting a slip, stumble, trip, slip and fall, stumble and fall, or trip and fall incident.
1.3 Nomenclature is provided to obtain uniform language for reports.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F1694 − 14
Standard Guide for
Composing Walkway Surface Investigation, Evaluation and
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Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips, and Falls
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1694; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This guide provides a listing of items that may be useful 4.1 This guide provides recommendations for recording
in recording and evaluating the conditions of a walkway walkway surface investigation, evaluation, and incident report
surface, including ramps and stairs, that may involve a slip, data pertaining to slips, trips, stumbles, and falls. It is intended
stumble, or trip that may result in a fall. to aid individuals or entities in the development of their own
special reporting system. It is recognized that a user may use
1.2 This guide provides a listing of data that may be useful
this guide in its entirety or may extract only those segments
in investigating, evaluating, and reporting a slip, stumble, trip,
providing the level of information recommended. Depending
slip and fall, stumble and fall, or trip and fall incident.
on the intended use, a report form may be designed to be used
1.3 Nomenclature is provided to obtain uniform language
alone or as a supplement to or incorporated within another
for reports.
report form. This guide is not a final report form. It lists items
that may be considered for inclusion into a questionnaire,
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
document, or report.
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
4.2 Potential users include persons interested in the preven-
and are not considered standard.
tion and investigation of slip, trip, stumble, and fall
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the phenomena, such as insurance company loss control
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the specialists, industrial and commercial safety professionals,
plant and facilities management personnel, forensic engineers,
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- and research personnel concerned with factor correlation,
statistics acquisition, loss control, and cost control.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.3 This guide provides uniform language appropriate for
2. Referenced Documents
creating a form for manually recording information regarding
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
pedestrian walkway evaluations and slip, trip, and fall inci-
F1646 Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for
dents.
Footwear
4.4 Recommendations for Reporting—Information specific
F2048 Practice for Reporting Slip Resistance Test Results
to site location and case identification is given in 6.2; infor-
mation specific to walkway evaluation is given in 6.3; infor-
3. Terminology
mation specific to slip, trip, and fall incidents is given in 6.4.
3.1 Definitions:
5. Procedure
3.1.1 The standard terms listed in Section 6 shall be used.
3.1.2 The standard terms listed in Terminology F1646 shall
5.1 Preparing Report Form(s)—Consider the recommenda-
be used when there is no term(s) provided in this guide. tions in 6.1 – 6.3 when preparing a walkway surface evaluation
report. Use the recommendations in Section 6 when preparing
slip and fall, stumble and fall, and trip and fall incident reports
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F13 on Pedestrian/
and reports of near falls.
Walkway Safety and Footwear and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
F13.50 on Walkway Surfaces.
6. Report
Current edition approved July 1, 2014. Published September 2014. Originally
6.1 Form of Report—The report may be in narrative or
approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as F1694 – 09. DOI:
10.1520/F1694-14.
coded format. The form may be hard copy or electronic media,
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or the original data may be hard copy and then converted to
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
electronic or computerized format. The form of the report will
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the ASTM website. be left up to the user.
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6.1.1 A form may be composed with a simpl
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Designation: F1694 − 09 F1694 − 14
Standard Guide for
Composing Walkway Surface Investigation, Evaluation and
1
Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips, and Falls
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1694; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide provides a listing of items that may be useful in recording and evaluating the conditions of a walkway surface,
including ramps and stairs, that may involve a slip, stumble, or trip that may result in a fall.
1.2 This guide provides a listing of data that may be useful in investigating, evaluating, and reporting a slip, stumble, trip, slip
and fall, stumble and fall, or trip and fall incident.
1.3 Nomenclature is provided to obtain uniform language for reports.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
F1646 Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for Footwear
F2048 Practice for Reporting Slip Resistance Test Results
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 The standard terms listed in Section 6 shall be used.
3.1.2 The standard terms listed in Terminology F1646 shall be used when there is no term(s) provided in this guide.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 This guide provides recommendations for recording walkway surface investigation, evaluation, and incident report data
pertaining to slips, trips, stumbles, and falls. It is intended to aid individuals or entities in the development of their own special
reporting system. It is recognized that a user may use this guide in its entirety or may extract only those segments providing the
level of information required.recommended. Depending on the intended use, a report form may be designed to be used alone or
as a supplement to or incorporated within another report form. This guide is not a final report form. It lists items considered
appropriate that may be considered for inclusion into a questionnaire, document, or report.
4.2 Potential users include persons interested in the prevention and investigation of slip, trip, stumble, and fall phenomena, such
as insurance company loss control specialists, industrial and commercial safety professionals, plant and facilities management
personnel, forensic engineers, and research personnel concerned with factor correlation, statistics acquisition, loss control, and cost
control. Data on record maintenance may be of special interest in the preparation of documents for firms seeking ISO 9000
certification.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F13 on Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F13.50 on
Walkway Surfaces.
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2009July 1, 2014. Published February 2009September 2014. Originally approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 20042009
as F1694 – 96 (2004).F1694 – 09. DOI: 10.1520/F1694-09.10.1520/F1694-14.
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volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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4.3 This guide provides uniform language appropriate for creating a form for manually recording information regarding
pedestrian walkway evaluations and slip, trip, and fall incidents.
4.4 RequirementsRecommendations for Reporting—Information specific to site location and case identification is given in 6.2;
information specific to walkway evaluation is given in 6.3; information specific to slip, trip, and fall incidents is given in 6.4.
5. Procedure
5.1 Preparing Report Form(s)—UseConsider the requirements ofrecommendatio
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