Further Information on Slips, Trips and Falls on the Same Level

• 30 minute STF online course (April 2015)
• 30 minute Safer Stairs and Steps online course (December 2019)
• Canadian IRSST conducts and funds health and safety research
• Choosing Slip-resistant Footwear Information Sheet
• Convenience store fined £250k for pothole (December, 2017)
• Dairy UK Guidance on the Prevention of Slips and Trips in the Dairy Industry (August 2015)
• Interesting pictures and VIDEOS at http://fallsarentfunny.org/
• International Conference 2010 on Fall Prevention and Protection - Proceedings
• International Conference 2013 on Fall Prevention and Protection - Proceedings
• Mapping slips, trips and falls.pdf (size 282.9 KB)
• Managing slip and trip risks webinar (December 2018)
• Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Rate my treads provides advice on the slip-resistance of "winter footwear"
• Research into the behavioural aspects of slips and trip accidents and incidents - Part 1: Literature review (40 pages)
• Safer Work Stairs and Steps Information Sheet (May 2017)
• Safety Representatives Resource Book (May 2015)
• Senior Labour Inspectors Committee STF Campaign 2014 outlines the main findings from this campaign in 2 pages
• STF eTraining Flyer
• Trends and Patterns in Occupational Safety and Health in Ireland from the Economic and Social Research Institute (2015)

Catering and Hospitality Further Information

• Catering and Hospitality - Food and Drink -Simple Safety - Slips, Trips and Falls.pdf (size 636.8 KB)
• Catering and Hospitality - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Catering and Hospitality - Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - Slips, Trips and Falls
• Catering and Hospitality - Section 1.5. of Safe Hospitality Part 1 General.pdf (size 3 MB)

Cleaning Floors Further Information

• Cleaning Floors - The Efficacy of Cleaning Regimes (42 pages)
• Cleaning Floors - Employee who slipped in toilet and fractured his wrist awarded €65,000 (April, 2018)
• Cleaning Floors – EU OSHA Interactive Risk Assessment Tool
• Cleaning Floors - HSL case study about a chain of fast food restaurants that had a 57% reduction in accidents after they added a drying cycle to their cleaning and modified their spill procedure
• Cleaning Floors - HSL case study about a sausage factory that reduced slip costs from £2,500 to £300 per month by changing cleaning, footwear and the system of work
• Cleaning Floors - "Leisure centre operator fined after child suffered burns" following slip with cleaning chemical (December, 2013)
• Cleaning Floors - Managing slip and trip risks webinar (December 2018)
• Cleaning Floors - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Cleaning Floors - Research into the behavioural aspects of slips and trip accidents and incidents - Part 1: Literature review (40 pages)
• Cleaning Floors - Video (6 min 7 sec), Steve Thorpe from HSL demonstrates pendulum slip resistance results of a dry floor, a wet floor and a “cleaned” floor
• Cleaning Floors - Wet mopping can increase the risk of slipping

Education Further Information

• Education - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Education - Slips, trips and falls risk assessment in Guidelines on Managing Safety and Health in Post-Primary Schools
• Education - STF eTraining Flyer

Healthcare Further Information

• Healthcare - "Physiotherapist awarded €1m after slip on icy steps" (January 2014)
• Healthcare - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Healthcare - Scottish home care assistant who slipped on an icy pavement (March 2016)
• Healthcare - Stop Slips and Trips HSA web page

Ice, Snow Further Information

• Ice/ snow - Be Winter-Ready website
• Ice/ snow – this ice/ snow training video (3 minutes) suggests 9 “defences” for ice/ snow
• Ice/ snow - Icy conditions and winter weather (HSE UK)
• Ice/ snow - Icy Conditions press release (30/11/2010) - Employers and workers urged to take care
• Ice/ snow - Icy Conditions press release (1/12/2010) - Workers advised to take extra precautions in icy conditions
• Ice/ snow - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Ice/ snow - Snow day: the importance of winter PPE
• Ice/ snow - 'Walk like a penguin': Expert's advice if you go out in snow and ice (01 March 2018)
• Ice/ snow - Twelve Myths of Christmas (HSE UK)

Pedestrian Surfaces Further Information

• Pedestrian Surfaces - Ability to clean slip-resistant floors (33 pages)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Assessment of floor slip resistance (31 pages)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Cleaning Floors - Employee who slipped in toilet and fractured his wrist awarded €65,000 (April, 2018)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - "Gripping stuff – benefits and specification of high-friction surfacing" (June 2016)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Information Provided with Flooring (12 pages)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - HSE UK case studies
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Kitchen Floors Slip Resistance (2 pages)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Managing slip and trip risks webinar (December 2018)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Metal chequerplate case studies on “Airport carries out a wide-ranging review of pedestrian slip risks” and “Mobile work equipment and workplace vehicles” in “Getting to grips with slips and trips”
• Pedestrian Surfaces - National Vehicle Standards - Requirements for Small Public Service Vehicles
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Preventing Vehicles Slips, Trips and Falls Information Sheet (size 638.3 KB)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - RR533 Ramp testing pre-engineered wood floors
• Pedestrian Surfaces - RR534 A study of the slip characteristics of metal flooring materials
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Safer surfaces to walk on (CIRIA C652) (254 pages, 22MB pdf)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Safer surfaces to walk on - 2010 Update (CIRIA C652 2010 Update) updates CIRIA C 652
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Slip STD Consortium classification for hard floors based on foreseeable contamination (2009)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - This video (72 seconds) compares a Slip Alert used to take measurements on a dry and wet surface
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Steve Thorpe from HSL demonstrates pendulum slip resistance results of a dry floor, a wet floor and a “cleaned” floor in this video (6 min 7 sec)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Suppliers - RR747 - Assessment of slips safety information/literature provided by flooring and footwear suppliers - HSE UK
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Technical Guidance Document M (2010) (127 pages)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Technical Guidance Document Part M Training Manual
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Technical Guidance Document K 2014 (16 pages)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Testing the slip resistance of stairs
• Pedestrian Surfaces - Woman loses front teeth in fall on uneven street cobbles (July 2017)
• Pedestrian Surfaces - "Woman who fractured knee after slipping on new tiles wins €71k" (November, 2013)

Retail Further Information

• Retail - Convenience store fined £250k for pothole (December, 2017)
• Retail - Newsagent fined after two shoppers trip in as many days (January 2018)
• Retail - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Retail - Simple Safety -Slips, Trips and Falls.pdf (size 347 KB)
• Retail - Stationery retailer fined after customer fell through open basement hatch (November 2018)
• Retail - Woman who slipped on spilled cream awarded €75k (October 2018)
• Retail - Young shop manager awarded €47k after injuring knee in water slip (November 2016)
• Retail - "Shopper awarded €1.4m after slipping on grapes" (May 2016)
• Retail - UK Shopping centre fined £75k after man loses toe in escalator (December 2015)

Slip Resistant Footwear Further Information

• Slip Resistant Footwear - BS EN ISO 20345:2011 (corrigendum July 2014) provides helpful advice on slip resistant footwear
• Slip Resistant Footwear - "A HAMPSHIRE postman has won thousands of pounds in compensation– because of the “slippery” boots he was given"
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Choosing Slip-resistant Footwear Information Sheet  
• Slip Resistant Footwear - HSA Safety Alert Regarding Nail Penetration and Safety Shoes
• Slip Resistant Footwear - HSE UK range of case studies including the choice of suitable footwear
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Managing slip and trip risks webinar (December 2018)
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Research: health and safety risks of high heels exposed (August 2017)
• Slip Resistant Footwear - SATRA’s Slip Resistance Guide 2010 "gives a concise overview of slip resistance" [13 pages]
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Scottish home care assistant who slipped on an icy pavement (March 2016)
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Slip-Resistant Footwear Reduces Slips and Falls in Food Service (July 2019)
• Slip Resistant Footwear - Suppliers - RR747 - Assessment of slips safety information/literature provided by flooring and footwear suppliers - HSE UK
• Slip Resistant Footwear - video (46 seconds) shows an animated accident caused by muddy boots and real-life footage of removing excess mud

Stairs, Steps Further Information

• Stairs, steps - 30 minute Safer Stairs and Steps online course, CPD Approved (December 2019)
• Stairs, steps - Applying Behavioural Science to ensure stairway safety – A closer look at fall prevention and occupational stairway behaviour
• Stairs, steps - British Woodworking Federation Stair Scheme website
• Stairs, steps - Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document TGD B Fire Safety (172 pages)
• Stairs, steps - Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document TGD K 2014 (16 pages) on stairways, ladders, ramps and guards
• Stairs, steps - Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document (TGD) Part K Supplementary Guidance on Stairs
• Stairs, steps - Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document TGD M (127 pages) on access and use
• Stairs, steps - Care home fined 60k fine after resident dies in stairway fall (February 2019)
• Stairs, steps - Colour, Contrast & Perception - Design Guidance for Internal Built Environments - Keith Bright, Geoff Cook, John Harris (2004)
• Stairs, steps - Death, paralysis and injury – shocking stories support stair safety day (March 2017)
• Stairs, steps - Employee who slipped and fell on stairs while collecting post awarded €110,000 (May 2018)
• Stairs, steps - "Woman must pay Dublin Bus legal costs after losing appeal over fall" (December 2016)
• Stairs, steps - Feet Facts from the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
• Stairs, steps - HSA's 30 minute STF online course has advice on stairs
• Stairs, steps - HSL’s Falls on Stairways – Literature Review (2005)
• Stairs, steps - IP 15/03 Proprietary nosings for non-domestic stairs from  www.bre.co.uk
• Stairs, steps - Irish Standard I.S. EN 115-1:2008+A1:2010 - Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 1: Construction and installation
• Stairs, steps - Lighting was a factor in Dublin Airport WON’T have to pay €60,000
• Stairs, steps - Managing slip and trip risks webinar (December 2018)
• Stairs, steps - Mike Roys (2 min 35 sec video) on going size, slip resistance and nosings
• Stairs, steps - Napo "Maintenance counts" animated video (51 seconds) shows hazards from lack of maintenance of stairs
• Stairs, steps - Napo "One small step" animated video (1 minute, 30 seconds) shows the hazards from a step, the use of safety signs and resolving the problem
• Stairs, steps - "Physiotherapist awarded €1m after slip on icy steps" (January 2014)
• Stairs, steps - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Stairs, steps - Safer Work Stairs and Steps Information Sheet (May 2017)
• Stairs, steps - Safer Work Stairs and Steps 30-minute Online Training at at https://hsalearning.ie (November 2019)
• Stairs, steps - "Safety on Workplace Stairs and Steps" on page 10 of NISO Update; Spring 2017
• Stairs, steps - Safe carrying of a load on stairs animated then real-life video (39 seconds)
• Stairs, steps - Slide 14 onwards in this stairs presentation illustrates issues with steps that are not consistent
• Stairs, steps - Stair Lab investigate slips, trips and falls on stairs and steps
• Stairs, steps - Stair Safety Day article (09 Feb 2017)
• Stairs, steps - Stair Safety Factsheet (BWF)
• Stairs, steps - Subway stairs video (87 seconds) shows what happens in real life when one step is not consistent
• Stairs, steps - Systemic Stair Step Geometry Defects, Increased Injuries, and Public Health Plus Regulatory Responses
• Stairs, steps - Testing the slip resistance of stairs
• Stairs, steps - Update on the International Conference on Stairway Usability and Safety (ICSUS) June 9-10, 2011 Toronto (37 pages)
• Stairs, steps - Variations above 4–6 mm may result in an unanticipated overstep (Safer surfaces to walk on - CIRIA C652)
• Stairs, steps - What makes stairs safer? (April 2016) - provides simple well-illustrated guidance on internal stairs
• Stairs, steps - Wellington & New Zealand-specific Stairway Safety Issues and “People Committing Data” Postscript to Safety 2012 Pre-conference Workshop by Chair Jake Pauls, CPE
• Stairs, steps - What Designers, Builders and Code Officials Should Learn About Stairways and Falls Presentation by Jake Pauls, CPE - Falls and Mobility Network Meeting Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ACToronto, ON, May 10, 2010
• Stairs, steps - Woman who fell on Dublin Airport escalator awarded €40,000 (April, 2015)
• Stairs, steps - Woman who tripped over kerb is left with legal bill for High Court action (January 2015)

Vehicles Further Information

• Vehicles - Analysis of RIDDOR DATA 2000 to 2005 – Falls from Vehicles
• Vehicles - For metal chequerplate see the case studies “Airport carries out a wide-ranging review of pedestrian slip risks” and “Mobile work equipment and workplace vehicles” in “Getting to grips with slips and trips”
• Vehicles - "Gripping stuff – benefits and specification of high-friction surfacing" (June 2016)
• Vehicles - HSA Transport Safety Seminar Presentations - June 2016 (size 9.8 MB)
• Vehicles - National Vehicle Standards - Requirements for Small Public Service Vehicles
• Vehicles - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work (4 pages, December 2017)
• Vehicles - Preventing Vehicles Slips, Trips and Falls Information Sheet (size 638.3 KB)
• Vehicles - RR534 A study of the slip characteristics of metal flooring materials
• Vehicles - Transportation and Storage advice from the HSA
• Vehicles - Underlying causes of falls from vehicles associated with slip and trip hazards on steps and floors
• Vehicles - "Woman must pay Dublin Bus legal costs after losing appeal over fall" (December 2016)
• Vehicles - Work Related Vehicle Safety advice from the HSA