Slips trips and falls risk assessment
- Risk score before controls (likelihood x severity, out of 25)
- 16
- Residual risk score after controls
- 8
- Reduction from the controls, percent
- 50
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. The only constants DailyLogDesk supplies are the published reporting clocks and assessment steps, each cited where it is used. The defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
A slips trips and falls risk assessment for a working site, where the commonest injury is the one nobody plans for: the trailing cable across the walkway, the spilt oil at the compound, the change of level at the threshold, the mud walked onto the smooth floor, the packaging left where the next person walks. Each is a row with the control and the person who keeps it, scored before and after, in the template on this site; Pro keeps the assessment with the daily log where the housekeeping check is recorded.
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The walking routes, kept clear
Designated routes through the site, marked where they cross the work, with cables run overhead or in covered channels, materials stacked off them and the lighting adequate at the hours the site works. The control is a named person walking the route at the start of the day, and the daily log is where that walk is recorded.
The surfaces and the changes of level
Wet or oily surfaces cleaned or barriered, mud and ice dealt with at the entrance, holes and service trenches covered or fenced, steps and thresholds marked. A change of level is a hazard row in its own right because it is the one the regular worker stops seeing.
Footwear, spillages and the weather
Footwear suited to the surface and enforced at the gate, spill kits where oil and chemicals are handled, and a weather row: the site after rain, frost or leaf fall is a different surface from the site the assessment was written on.
Recorded daily, reviewed when the site changes
The housekeeping check is a line on the daily log, signed by the person who did it. The assessment is reviewed when the layout changes, when the weather changes the surface, and at the review date on the footer; Pro files the assessment and the daily checks together and raises the review.
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Slips trips and falls risk assessment: common questions
Are slips and trips really worth a risk assessment?
They are the commonest cause of injury on most sites, and the controls are cheap. The assessment is short and the daily check is the part that matters.
Is the template free?
Yes. The risk assessment template on this site prints the scored assessment with no account; Pro keeps it with the daily log.
Who is responsible for housekeeping?
The row names a person, because a control with no name against it is nobody's job. On a shared site the principal contractor's rules say who keeps the common routes.