Shattered Lives - Slips, Trips and Falls at Work

Slips, trips and falls at work shatter lives. Find out about a new campaign by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to highlight the risks.

Accidents Can Shatter Lives

Go to the HSE interactive campaign website and select an industry, to see how accidents can shatter lives and learn how to avoid them happening.

The Shattered Lives website is also available in an accessible version with no Flash.

You can download campaign posters and information leaflets in PDF format and sign up for email updates.

The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the risks and help those involved to take simple action that will prevent slips trips and falls.

Don't Chance It, Change It

The campaign is aimed primarily at those most at risk of a slip, trip or fall at work and those best placed to take action:

• kitchen managers and chefs, food retail staff, area and store managers, food operatives and their shift managers
• electricians, gas fitters and other tradespeople
• construction workers and site managers

The Shattered Lives campaign supports the Stop Slips in Kitchens initiative by emphasising the importance of preventing slips and trips to caterers. It encourages use of Stop Slips in Kitchens promotional materials to secure positive improvements in the workplace.