Slips, trips and falls

Every year, about 10 workers die and 15,000 miss time from work because of their injuries from a slip, trip or fall at their workplace.*

• Do you know what can cause slips, trips and falls?
• Do you know what to do to prevent them?
• Does your workplace have rules or standards for keeping the workplace safe?
• Do you know your role and responsibilities for workplace health and safety?

Learn about the hazards that can cause slips, trips and falls, and what you can do to prevent them:

• Preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace brochure (164k, pdf)
• Slips Safety (155k, pdf)
• Heights Safety (197k, pdf)
• Ladder Safety (155k, pdf)
• What does the law say about hazard recognition (148k, pdf)
• Hazard recognition, assessment and control (141k, pdf)

Posters

• Preventing slips and falls poster - Prevention tips (140k, pdf)
  Tips on how to prevent falls from heights, slips and trips hazards (only available by downloading)
• Preventing slips and falls poster - What we can do (171k, pdf)
  Tips for employers, workers, and supervisors on how to prevent slips and falls (only available by downloading)
• Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act poster (45k, pdf)

Stickers

• Slips (153k, pdf)
• Heights (90k, pdf)
• Ladders (98k, pdf)

* Source: WSIB, Statistics 2008