Case studies

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1. Slips and tripshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/index.htm
2. The lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/law.htm
3. Frequently asked questions https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/faq.htm
4. Overview - Are you a?https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/are-you.htm
5. Employerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/employers.htm
6. Employeehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/workers.htm
7. Architect or designerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/architects.htm
8. Overview - Causes and preventionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/preventing.htm
9. Overview - Contaminationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/cleancampaign.htm
10. Cleaninghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/cleaning.htm
11. Flooringhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/flooring.htm
12. Overview - Footwearhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/footprocure.htm
13. Supplying slip-resistant footwearhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/manufactfoot.htm
14. Environmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/environment.htm
15. People (human factors)https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/human-factors.htm
16. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/information.htm
17. Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/publications.htm
18. Overview - Toolshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/tools.htm
19. STEP eLearning packagehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/step/index.htm
20. Overview - Slips Assessment Tool (SAT)https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/sat/index.htm
21. Using SAThttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/sat/default.htm
22. Research reportshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/research.htm
23. Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/casestudies.htm
24. Campaignshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/campaigns.htm
25. Useful linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/links.htm
26. Audio and videohttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/audiovideo.htm
27. Subscribehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/ebulletin/index.htm
28. Leading energy company tackles slips and tripshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/energy.htm
29. Famous UK biscuit company looks at ways to reduce slips and trip incidents in the workplacehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/biscuit.htm
30. Council reduces slip accidents amongst catering staffhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/council.htm
31. Restaurant trips up after ignoring housekeeping advicehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/restaurant.htm
32. Chef slips and suffers severe arm burns from hot oilhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/chef.htm
33. Risk of slips reduced in school canteenhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/school.htm
34. Pub-restaurant chain's choice of kitchen floor surfacehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/pub-floor.htm
35. Fast food employee flash fries her arm in 360°F oil following sliphttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/flash-fries.htm
36. Serious burn injuries lead to serious fine for fast food restaurant!https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/kitchen.htm
37. Serious burn injuries lead to serious fine for fast food restauranthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/kitchen.htm
38. Fractured skull from a “wholly preventable” catering sliphttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/skullfracture.htm
39. Supermarket prosecution for leaking chiller cabinethttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/supermarket-chiller.htm
40. Tackling slips in a further education establishmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/college.htm
41. Containing spillages at a manufacturing bakeryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/bakery.htm
42. Oily floors in engineering workshophttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/oilyfloors.htm
43. Slipping on dust in machinery workshophttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/dust.htm
44. Hospital improves floor cleaning after a sliphttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/floorcleaning.htm
45. Trip risk warnings ignored! https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/housekeeping.htm
46. Company changes cleaning methods following accident investigationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/company-changes.htm
47. Carpet company fails to maintain their own carpets!https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/carpetcompany.htm
48. Poor housekeeping causes trip accidenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/poorhouskeeping.htm
49. Why more shopping centre slips in the middle of the day?https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/when-and-where.htm
50. Improving cleaning at a manufacturing bakeryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/bakery.htm
51. Slippery store entrance in wet weather - supermarket entrance mattinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/store-entrance.htm
52. Oil company protects ankles AND guards against slips https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/oilcompany.htm
53. Pet food company reduces slip accidents after introducing new footwearhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/pet-food.htm
54. Logical approach cuts slips & trips by two thirds at food processorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/logicalapproach.htm
55. Temporary staff miss out on anti slip footwearhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/temp-staff.htm
56. Footwear choices at a manufacturing bakeryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/bakery.htm
57. Slip risks on a supermarket's smooth floor - sensible long and short-term actionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/supermarket-floor.htm
58. Supermarket fined after worker slipped in hot oil https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/supermarketburn.htm
59. Japanese 5S management systemhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/japanese.htm
60. Ice build up in cold store costs time and money - frozen food factoryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/cold-store.htm
61. An error in pedestrian flow managementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/when-and-where.htm
62. Designing safety into buildingshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/buildings.htm
63. Trip risk warnings ignored! https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/housekeeping.htm
64. Holed walkway went unrepaired for months before injuring a health service workerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/holedwalkway.htm
65. Leaking machinery causes persistent pool of water in commercial kitchenhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/flash-fries.htm
66. Worn out stairs carpet causes serious fall - yet still goes unrepairedhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/stairs-carpet.htm
67. Ice not a problem for Prisonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/faq.htm#icy-conditions
68. Supermarket fined after ignoring advice about fitting a particular type of floor tileshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/supermarket-tiles.htm
69. Local Authorities weather proof their new reception areahttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/authority-new-reception.htm
70. Company prosecuted after driver breaks his ankle after slipping near a diesel  pump (added May 09)https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/dieselpump.htm
71. Caution ! Wet paint https://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/wetpaint.htm
72. Fractured skull from a "wholly preventable" catering sliphttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/skullfracture.htm
73. Pub-restaurant chain's choice of kitchen floor surfacehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/pub-floor.htm
74. Ramped walkways at railway stationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/railway.htm
75. College fits the right floor surfaces in the right placeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/college.htm
76. Designing safety into buildingshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/buildings.htm
77. Fast food restaurant owners ponder optionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/fastfood.htm
78. Slipping on dust in machinery workshophttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/dust.htm
79. Find out how STEP is used in Vocational Traininghttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200912193450/https://www.hse.gov.uk/shatteredlives/taking-a-step-in-the-right-direction.htm
80. Inadequate training leads to serious slip accidenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/flash-fries.htm
81. Logical approach cuts slips & trips by two thirds at food processorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/logicalapproach.htm
82. Japanese 5S management systemhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/japanese.htm
83. Management, workers and equipment suppliers collaborate on tackling slipshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/clay.htm
84. Young woman loses leg after two slip accidentshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/experience/leg.htm
85. Download case studies and additional guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/assets/docs/gettingtogrips.pdf
86. Slips and trips - Hazard spotting checklisthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ck4.pdf
87. Preventing slips and trips at work INDG 225(rev1)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg225.pdf
88. Injury caused by a slip in a kitchenhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/audiovideo.htm
89. Virtual College: Slips, Trips and Falls Online Traininghttps://www.virtual-college.co.uk/resources/slips-and-trips
90. CIRIAhttp://www.ciria.org.uk/
91. Usdaw: Risk mapping for slips and tripshttp://www.usdaw.org.uk/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=2db107ca-4d5d-49a2-99dc-16e187a59e71
92. Work at heighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height/index.htm
93. Shattered Liveshttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200912193450/https://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/shattered.htm
94. Cleaning overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/cleaning/index.htm
95. Stop Slips in Kitchenshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/SLIPS/kitchens/index.htm
96. RIDDOR - Report an incidenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm