SLIP AND FALL INJURIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

So, why should we care, a few slip & fall accidents here and there, what’s the big deal? Why should I be thinking about this stuff, let alone spending money on

it? Well take few minutes to consider what our experts tell us...

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE

HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE):

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE

HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE):

IN THE WORK PLACEIN THE WORK PLACE

In The United Kingdom the single most common

cause of non-fatal major injuries to employees

is slips and falls.

In The United Kingdom the single most common

cause of non-fatal major injuries to employees

is slips and falls.

UKCoroners’ reports of 1035 deaths possibly related to

building features were examined to assess their

usefulness in identifying the cause of slip, trip and fall

(STF) fatalities.

Every week one person dies from a slip, trip or a fall

every 25 minutes, someone breaks or fractures a

bone at work

In Scotland alone:In Scotland alone:4081 people were injuredin workplace related slip,trip or fall accidents

Including 5 fatalities

These accidents have cost the country over £67 Million

And accounted for nearlyone third of all accidentsin scotland

over 30% of all non-fatal major injuries in UK workplaces are caused by a slip, trip or fall on the same level.

Such accidents have been estimated to cost the

UK economy up to £1.1bn each year

x 1035

Of the 1035 fatalities, falls accounted for over 80%.

Of this 80%:61.4% related to falls on stairs

6.7% to falls from steps or ladders

IN THE HOMEIN THE HOME

33%

One in three serious bone breaks for seniors result in death, within

one year of the accident.

over 75% of slip-fall deaths occur to people

65 years of age or older

66% 75%

66% of injury cases for people 65 years or older

were a result of a fall

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Sources:The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL)

HSE, BritainBuilding Research Establishment Ltd, Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford WD2 7JR

Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK