ASTM F1694-21
(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, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F1694 − 21
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 F2508 Practice for Validation, Calibration, and Certification
of Walkway Tribometers Using Reference Surfaces
1.1 This guide provides a listing of items that may be useful
in recording and evaluating the conditions of a walkway
3. Terminology
surface, including ramps and stairs, that may involve a slip,
3.1 Definitions:
stumble, or trip that may result in a fall.
3.1.1 The standard terms listed in Section 6 shall be used.
1.2 This guide provides a listing of data that may be useful
3.1.2 The standard terms listed in Terminology F1646 shall
in investigating, evaluating, and reporting a slip, stumble, trip,
be used when there is no term(s) provided in this guide.
slip and fall, stumble and fall, or trip and fall incident.
1.3 Nomenclature is provided to obtain uniform language
4. Significance and Use
for reports.
4.1 This guide provides recommendations for recording
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
walkway surface investigation, evaluation, and incident report
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
data pertaining to slips, trips, stumbles, and falls. It is intended
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
to aid individuals or entities in the development of their own
and are not considered standard.
special reporting system. It is recognized that a user may use
this guide in its entirety or may extract only those segments
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
providing the level of information recommended. Depending
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
on the intended use, a report form may be designed to be used
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
alone or as a supplement to or incorporated within another
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
report form. This guide is not a final report form. It lists items
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
that may be considered for inclusion into a questionnaire,
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard- document, or report.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
4.2 Potential users include persons interested in the preven-
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
tion and investigation of slip, trip, stumble, and fall
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
phenomena, such as insurance company loss control
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
specialists, industrial and commercial safety professionals,
plant and facilities management personnel, forensic engineers,
2. Referenced Documents
and research personnel concerned with factor correlation,
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2.1 ASTM Standards: statistics acquisition, loss control, and cost control.
F1646 Terminology Relating to Walkway Safety and Foot-
4.3 This guide provides uniform language appropriate for
wear
creating a form for manually recording information regarding
F2048 Practice for Reporting Slip Resistance Test Results
pedestrian walkway evaluations and slip, trip, and fall inci-
dents.
4.4 Recommendations for Reporting—Information specific
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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 to site location and case identification is given in 6.2; infor-
F13.50 on Walkway Surfaces.
mation specific to walkway evaluation is given in 6.3; infor-
Current edition approved March 1, 2021. Published April 2021. Originally
mation specific to slip, trip, and fall incidents is given in 6.4.
approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2014 as F1694 – 14. DOI:
10.1520/F1694-21.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or 5. Procedure
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
5.1 Preparing Report Form(s)—Consider the recommenda-
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. tions in 6.1 – 6.3 when preparing a walkway surface evaluation
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of the standard as published by ASTM is to be considered the official document.
Designation: F1694 − 14 F1694 − 21
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 safety, health, and healthenvironmental practices and determine the
applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization
established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued
by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
F1646 Terminology Relating to Walkway Safety and Footwear
F2048 Practice for Reporting Slip Resistance Test Results
F2508 Practice for Validation, Calibration, and Certification of Walkway Tribometers Using Reference Surfaces
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 The standard terms listed in Section 6 shall be used.
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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 July 1, 2014March 1, 2021. Published September 2014April 2021. Originally approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 20092014
as F1694 – 09.F1694 – 14. DOI: 10.1520/F1694-14.10.1520/F1694-21.
2
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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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 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 spec
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