1,117 injuries in the East Midlands from slips, trips and falls

The Health and Saftey Executive (HSE) has launched a new campaign aimed at highlighting the most common causes of workplace injury. They mainly comprise of slips, trips, or falls.

Statistics show that falling from height is a major cause of death in the workplace and in the East Midlands alone there has been 1,117 major injuries and one death through accidents of these types.

HSE’s Head of Operations for the East Midlands, Samantha Peace said:

“These figures highlight the very real and serious nature of preventable slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace. Slips, trips and falls might sound funny but they shatter the lives of thousands of British workers every year.

Making improvements doesn’t need to cost the earth and we are encouraging people to visit the Shattered Lives site, where they will be able to get simple and cost effective solutions to help manage slips, trips and falls hazards in their workplace."

The new campaign is called Shattered Lives and is meant to be a hub of information and advice as to how to prevent these accidents from happening.

Read more and see a break down of the accident figures at the HSE press release