Useful links
- The United Kingdom Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG)
The United Kingdom Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG) was formed in the early 1980s by a number of parties with a scientific interest in the accurate assessment of the slipperiness of walkway surfaces.
The UKSRG aims to standardise the methodologies used by forensic scientists and engineers throughout the United Kingdom. Membership of the Group was tailored to allow representation of all interested parties, such as Government bodies (including HSE and the Building Research Establishment (BRE)), flooring manufacturers, footwear manufacturers and independent forensic scientists / engineers. The UKSRG is non-profit making. HSE currently chair the group. - Example risk assessments
- Beware! Slippery Floor; Interactive Game
The game has been developed by QInc and IRSST in Canada to help train kitchen staff in effective floor cleaning techniques, in order to reduce slip accidents. The game is available to download free of charge in English and French languages. - USDAW has developed a slips and trips risk mapping tool
- Department
for Transport guidance on the correct use of tactile paving [PDF]
Tactile paving is used to help the visually impaired to identify certain hazards, for example, dropped kerbs at pedestrian crossings. However, HSE have come across examples of the "blister" pattern, which is to identify a dropped kerb, being used at the top of a flight of stairs. Someone relying on these tactile pavings would not be expecting a step, and could fall down a whole flight of stairs - a frightening prospect. - HSE Website: Food Manufacturing - Slips
- UNISON - Health and safety information sheet: Slips and trips [PDF]
- RoSPA website
- Worksafe, Department of consumer and employment protection, Western Australian
- Contact Group for Slips, Trips and Falls
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Tile association - Slip Resistance
of Hard Flooring
The tile association have produced a short guide to slip resistance which is available on their website.
