The Health and Safety at work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) requires employers to ensure the health and safety of all employees and anyone who may be affected by their work. This includes steps to control slip and trip risks. We have identified some free leaflets available from the HSE that will give you more information on slip and trip risks.

If you have any questions that you would like to raise with us, or you have a slip problem that you need fixing, then call us now on 08444 772 935 to discuss how we can resolve the problem.

Free Health and Safety leaflets from HSE

Preventing slips and trips at work (270Kb)

Includes a five step approach from the HSE to risk assessment explaining how trip and slip risks should be examined.

Slips and trips in the health services (37Kb)

Details on why it is important to tackle slips and trips. Information on controlling risks, floor surfaces and personal injury costs.

The assessment of pedestrian slip risk (105Kb)

Good information on statistics and systems used to test the effectiveness of non slip flooring. This leaflet is quite technical but gives a detailed look at how floor slipperiness is measured.

Source: HSE