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Slips, trips, and falls are estimated to cost businesses over \u00a3300 million pounds a year. They are rarely fatal but cause a lot of pain, discomfort and time off work. Slips, trips, and falls are also important in relation to the Manual Handling Regulations.<\/p>\n
A slip, trip or fall can occur at any time and often when you least expect it. You could be walking around the workplace, carrying a load or simply getting up from your desk and a fall could occur.<\/p>\n
Risk assessment and health and safety inspections will identify many hazards, but employees’ good health and safety awareness in the workplace will also reduce the hazards.<\/p>\n
Some examples of slip, trip and fall hazards include:<\/p>\n
Wet floors, as water, are often invisible and cause a slip hazard. Control is by cleaning up water and the use of warning signs.<\/p>\n
Kurbs and steps are an oblivious hazard, but floor mats can easily trip people up.<\/p>\n
Other trip hazards include boxes, handbags, rubbish, and photocopier paper, to name a few.<\/p>\n
Electrical cables pose a double risk. First, the trip hazard and secondly, if cables are pulled from the wall, then there is an electric shock risk.
\nGood housekeeping will reduce many slip, trip and fall risks. Some examples include:<\/p>\n