Spills and Slips (Trips and Falls)

• Slips account for the vast majority of wet floor slips, trips and falls
• The majority of wet floor slip, trip and fall victims are females
• Footwear was noticeably only mentioned in under 3% of slip accidents reported

In 2010 and 2011, 7% of 2,179 HSA workplace visits found the employer could not demonstrate adequate precautions for spills

• Co-op prosecuted over pensioner’s fatal slip UPDATE (June, 2017)
• "Shopper awarded €1.4m after slipping on grapes" (May 2016)

A slip on the level by a shod pedestrian has three critical risk factors

Spill risks are an important part of Slip Risk Assessment and Prevention

A risk assessment approach to Spills slips (trips and falls) can include the following steps

1. Identify Risks
2. Prevent
3. Contain
4. Detect
5. Cordon
6. Remove