T he purpose of this on-line information initiative is to direct QPANI Members and others to advice and guidance that will assist all persons involved in organising, planning and managing work related activities to eliminate and reduce the risk of injury from slips, trips and falls. The information contained within this resource is provided and gathered from a wide range of organisations and highlights both good and bad practice scenarios.

QPANI would encourage all members to adopt 'best practice' approaches to ensure the safety of all persons working in our industry. This document is not a definitive guide.

Slips, trips and falls are the most common cause of major injuries at work and specifically within our own quarry products industry. In Northern Ireland slips, trips and falls were the cause of 25% of all accidents (HSENI Annual Report). They occur in almost all workplaces, 95% of major slips result in broken bones and they can also be the initial cause for a range of other accident types such as falls form height.

                   Resource Links

               To access the various resources please click the button to the left.

  CEF: Slips Trips and Falls Protocol

  BCA: Guidance to prevent slips, trips and falls

HSE: Slips, trips and falls mapping tool

 BCF: Slips, trips and falls a toolkit for business

BCF: slips trips and falls assistant table 1

BCF: slips trips and falls assistant table 2

In providing the information on this page QPANI would like to thank the Construction Employers Federation, British Cement Association, British Ceramic Confederation

and HSE for their permissions.

We would also recommend that all visitors to our Slips, Trips and Falls web page visit and avail of the excellent information available for download on

                   www.safequarry.com                                       www.hse.gov.uk/slips 

For more information or to purchase please contact info@qpani.org