Slip And Trip – The Most Common Accidents In The UK

The slippingand tripping accident is one of those common types of incidents that are mostly caused when something is spilled onto the floor that leaves it so slippery that a person may easily slip or trip from it. These accidents can also be caused if the paths are blocked, broken and badly maintained, contained potholes or if the carpets are not fitted properly onto the floor.  Such accidents can occur at any place whether a person is working in an office or walking in a public area. In all such cases, one must have to analyze whether it is the result of someone else’s negligence or the carelessness of himself/herself.

According to the Health and Safety Statistics (HSE) of the UK for the year 2010, slipping and tripping accidents in the place of work cost 40 workers their lives in the previous year and this has cost society an approximated amount of about £800 million each year.

Benefits That Companies Can Obtain From Preventing Work Accidents

A work injury, accident at work, workplace accident or a work accident is an incident that mostly happens at the place of work which finally results in the mental or physical harm. The accident at work arises due to many reasons such as if a person strikes with any movable or a fixed object; a person falls from a height, someone gets a scuff while cutting a paper or anything else, a person encounters any type of slipping or tripping in the place of work, suffers an injury during driving if driving is a part of the job, gets serious injuries during the operation of heavy equipment or machinery at the construction site, psychological injury in terms of discrimination, gender harassment or stress and many more. Such workplace accidents occasionally lead to permanent disability or death depending upon the seriousness of an injury.

In the developed countries of the world, the companies are required by law to examine all the heavy equipment and machinery on a regular basis. It is essential for the organizations to inform all the employees about the dangers in the workplace.