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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
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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: