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Contact us for HSE advice on non-slip systems.
Workplace Health, Safety & Welfare Regs 1992
- Slips & trips dealt with by Regulation 12
- Floors should not be uneven, slippery or have holes
- Floors should have an adequate means of drainage
- Free from obstructions
- Suitable handrails particularly on slopes or around holes
Local authorities enforce in...
- Warehouses
- Most offices
- Retail businesses
- Wholesale businesses
- Leisure industries
- Catering
- Residential accomodation
- Enclave / Joint
HSE Enforces in...
- Construction
- Agriculture
- Factories
- Quarries
- Utilities
- National / local govt.
- Police / hospitals / education
- Nuclear installations
- Offshore industries
- Onshore major hazards
- Local authority
- Nursing homes
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Hierarchy of Controls - Slips
- Floor contamination
- Eliminated or controlled
- Correct cleaning regeme inc. spillages
- Suitable floors
- For the expected contamination
- appropriate use of: mats, treatments
- Footwear
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