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Health and safety in the retail industry

Violence in licensed and retail premises

Take action to prevent or control work-related violence.

Shattered Lives campaign

This is HSE's current campaign on the prevention of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. One focus of the campaign is stopping slips in food retail. Visit the website to learn more or read on for more information on preventing slips and trips in retail.

Accidents in retail

In 2005/06 the retail industry reported 13,000 work related accidents. Over 2000 of these accidents were classified as major injuries such as fractures.

The most common types of accidents are:

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