What can I do to prevent slips and trips? - Workers
What can you do to make a difference?
- Your actions could make the difference between someone getting
injured or not.
- Seen a spillage? Instead of thinking it's someone else's problem, why not
clear it up?
A useful checklist to help improve safety for you and your colleagues
in the workplace.
- Use your initiative
- Suggest ways of preventing contamination (water, oils, cardboard, waste
etc.) from getting onto the floor
- Make sure the floor is clean and dry
- Clear up spillages immediately
- Dispose of waste materials
- Remove any obstructions
- Avoid causing trailing cables
- Store goods safely
- Keep workstations clear of obstacles
- Make sure flooring materials are level and secure
- Mark slopes and changes of levels
- Ensure you have adequate lighting
- Wear sensible footwear
- Think about visitors to your workplace, what do they need to know? Do
you need to do more to protect them
- Follow everything you put in place
Cleaning floors can prevent accidents - but unless it is done with care,
it can also introduce new risks.
For more information on assessing hazards in your workplace read, ‘Preventing
slips and trips at work [PDF 50kb]’
