Avoiding Slips, Trips & Falls

Introduction

Slipping or tripping is the single most common cause of injury in the UK work place. In 2006, slips and trips resulted in almost 11,000 major injuries and 30,000 injuries leading to an absence of more than three days.

Most accidents at work can be avoided with careful housekeeping. Avoiding Slips, Trips and Falls provides a simple overview of this topic. It helps employees identify common causes of each type of accident, and provides tips on how to alert colleagues to potential hazards.

If  staff and managers learn to recognise and reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls, your business premises will be a far safer and more productive place.

Who is the course for?

This course is appropriate for any member of staff, but particularly manual workers who have had little or no formal training and limited work experience.

The easy to follow, step-by-step format of this course means people can work at their own pace. No prior knowledge or experience is needed and there are no formal entry requirements.

What will you get from this course?

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• identify common causes of slips, trips and falls
• raise awareness of these kinds of hazards among your colleagues and managers
• take appropriate action to prevent slips, trips and falls.

Course features

Avoiding Slips, Trips and Falls uses audio, on-screen text and images to illustrate its main points. It includes simple recall exercises to guide you through the basics of the subject., for which you get feedback to see how you've done.

At the end of the course, a multiple choice test checks your knowledge and understanding. You can take this test as many times as you want.

You can start this course straight away and access it at any time, providing you have access to a computer with an internet connection. The course is available for six months from the date first accessed.

Other courses you might be interested in

Manual Handling, Computer Safety, Fire Safety, Introduction to Health and Safety at Work, Preventing Accidents

Course code

103080BT016

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