Resource centre

Books, leaflets and other resources to help you tackle slips and trips in your workplace

Free guidance

• Slips and trips: The importance of floor cleaning [PDF 6KB]
• Assessing the slip resistance of flooring [ 321KB]
• Preventing slips and trips at work INDG 225(rev1) [ 180KB]
  • Atal llithro a baglu yn y gwaith. INDG225 Welsh [ 180KB]
• Preventing slips and trips in kitchens and food service [ 70.5KB] Catering Information Sheet CAIS6
• Slips and trips: summary guidance for the food industry [ 23.3KB] Food Information Sheet FIS6
• Preventing slip and trip incidents in the education sector (revised) [ 55.5KB] Education Information Sheet EDIS2(rev1)
• Slips and trips in the health services [ 40KB] Health Services Information Sheet HSIS2
• Stop Slips in kitchens

Free guidance - other languages

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Priced guidance

• Slips and Trips: Guidance for employers on identifying hazards and controlling risks HSG 155 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1145 0
• Slips and trips: Guidance for the food processing industry HSG 156 HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 0832 8

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Publications from other organisations

• CIRIA - Safer surfaces to walk on – Reducing the risk of slipping
  [PDF 21MB - Very large file - may take a while to download]
• British Ceramic Confederation (BCC) Slips and Trips Toolkit.
  This has been produced by a working group with input from industry, trade unions and HSE.

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Powerpoint presentations

• Slips and trips speakers pack [3.2mb zip file]
  HSE has prepared a Slips and Trips "Speaker's Pack" on the control of slips and trips at work. The purpose is to make it easy for talks to be given to employers, employees, trade associations, trade unions etc on this topic, by using this Powerpoint presentation. Each slide is supported by speaker's notes. The presentation is downloadable onto a PC or laptop for use at health and safety meetings or events.
• Floor cleaning and its impact on slips and trips - for managers [13.5mb zip file]
• Floor cleaning and its impact on slips and trips - general [7.7mb zip file]
  

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Tools

• SAT - Slips assessment tool

• Slips and trips mapping tool - An aid for safety representatives [PDF 85KB]

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Posters

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Audio and video

Audio

All of these are mp3 format

• Injury caused by slipping on a liquid spill
• Injury caused by a slip in a kitchen
• Injury caused by tripping over a cable

Video

• Stop slips (managing slips to reduce injuries and costs) HSE Books ISBN 0 7176 1819 6
• Worksmart video clips

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Research reports

• For more information see the research page of this site

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Press releases

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Case studies

• Real incidents in the workplace with real consequences for the people involved

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Topic inspection pack

• Slips and trips topic inspection pack [PDF 325KB]

Community of interest

HSE web communities combines web-based group information together with email messaging, keeping group members updated of urgent or important group issues. All group members can control where, when and how they use the service to ensure it exactly fits their working pattern.

The slip and trip group enables those contributing to the slips and trips priority programme to share experiences, ideas, best practice, resources and news. Membership includes HSE staff with a particular slips and trips role, other governmental bodies and organisational, business and worker representatives.

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