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Recurring accidents:
slips, trips and falls
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Country or
region
STF as % of
total accidents
Year
United
Kingdom2
29
2011
European
Union3
23
2005
Australia4
21
2010
US
24
2007
France6
24
2007
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2. At a transport engineering
company (2005)
Tools
1%
Other
3%
Moving
around
32%
PPE
preventable
21%
Other
2%
Equipment
5%
Trap
11%
Stored
energy
10%
Trap
3%
Manual handling
22%
Tools/
stored energy
13%
Moving
around
33%
PPE
preventable
26%
Manual handling
18%
3. At a light chemical
manufacturer (2012)
Ergonomics
11%
Machinery
equipment/
tools
12%
Moving
around
28%
Struck
against
12%
Human
act/assault
14%
Chemical/
PPE
14%
Traffic
15%
Cuts
20%
Lifting/
moving/
carrying
13%
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Slips/trips/
falls
41%
Struck
against/by
20%
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Case studies
These case studies have been chosen to show the many
ways that STFs can occur and the varying, often
serious, consequences.
A slip on ice
Two individuals slipped on ice and fell. No grit or salt had been applied to the
affected areas. Furthermore, no subsequent action was taken. Falls of this nature
often result in broken bones.
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LESSONS
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Organisations have
little, or no, corporate
memory. They fail to
record and circulate the
lessons learned from
past accidents; experience
and skills are lost as people
retire and companies cut
permanent staff to save costs.
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www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg225
conclusion
references
1. Preventing Slips and Trips at Work,
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