Floor Safety Matters

Slips cause 30% of serious accidents. Talk to your H&S Adviser.

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Did you know?

Slips account for 600,000 hospital bed days in the UK each year.

There are 40 minor slips for every serious slip accident.

Slips and trips are responsible for nearly 40% of all serious accidents.

Every three minutes, in the UK alone, there is a serious injury caused by a slip.

Some UK pools report having had as many as 8 slip accidents per day.

Most slip accidents are preventable.

Talk to your H&S Adviser today.

"SlipAlert should be regarded as a good indication of available friction, lending itself to risk assessment, monitoring of floor surfaces and evaluating & monitoring cleaning regimes"

UK HSE

Mopping up spills can make the floor more prone to slips.

40% of industrial accidents start with a slip.

A SlipAlert Test Value STV of less than 136 means there is less than 1 in a million chance of somebody slipping on your floor.

When people walk fast or turn, they are more likely to slip.

People mostly stand with 2 feet on the ground. When we walk we usually have one floor on the ground. When we run we will at times have no feet on the ground. You can improve floor safety by changing the way people move on high risk floors.

Employers Duty of Care
“Your employer has a 'duty of care' to ensure, as far as possible, your health, safety and welfare while you're at work.”
www.directgov.co.uk

Many floors last for 20 year or more. during that time, parts of the floor may become accident black spots if a spill has not been cleaned properly.

When pushing a trolley you require greater traction. That is why it is often difficult to get a grip on the floor when pushing a heavily laden supermarket trolley.

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