The Slips, Trips and Falls Course Built for Every Floor in Ireland
Nothing on the injury statistics looks as harmless as a wet tile or a trailing cable, yet slips, trips and falls sit at the very top of them: roughly one in three non fatal workplace injuries reported to the HSA starts underfoot. They strike in supermarkets and offices as readily as on building sites, and nearly every one traces back to a hazard somebody walked past that morning. This Slips, Trips and Falls Course is written line by line against that law, so the certificate you download at the end stands up in a real inspection instead of just looking good in a folder.
This course turns hazard spotting into a habit. Five modules walk you through what slips, trips and falls actually are and what they cost, the duties Irish law places on employers and employees, the six areas of the slip potential model with the fixes for each, the three elements of the trip potential triangle, and the prevention of falls on the same level and from height, closing with safe ladder and stepladder habits.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- General Application Regulations 2007
- HSA Guidance on Slips, Trips and Falls
The three rules that shape your training
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2005 Act
Training is a legal duty
Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, every employer must provide the information, instruction, training and supervision needed for safe work, and must maintain a written Safety Statement built on hazard identification and risk assessment. Slips, trips and falls are the most common hazard that assessment has to control.
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S.I. No. 299 of 2007
Floors, routes and work at height
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 set the physical standards behind this course: floors that are even and free of slip hazards, traffic routes kept clear and lit, and Part 4 covering every task where a fall from height could cause injury, ladders and stepladders included.
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HSA Guidance
The most common workplace injury
HSA guidance names slips, trips and falls as the most common cause of non fatal workplace injuries in Ireland, around one in three reports, and points employers to the slip potential model factors: contamination, cleaning, people, flooring, environment and footwear.
Your whole team certified, tracked and audit ready
- Every certificate stored in one free company dashboard
- Renewal dates tracked for you, so nothing expires quietly
- Volume discounts applied automatically on team bookings
- One invoice, ready to drop straight into your safety file
Certified today, without taking a day off work
- About 2 hours from first lesson to finished certificate
- Study on a phone, tablet or laptop, progress saved as you go
- Unlimited exam attempts, always at no extra cost
- Accepted by employers in Ireland, the UK and across the EU
Six things your Slips, Trips and Falls Course certificate proves
Ours proves all six. That is exactly what an auditor looks for, and every certificate carries a verification code an inspector can check in seconds.
- You can spot slip, trip and fall hazards before they cause an injury
- You can work through the six areas of the slip potential model
- You can hold all three sides of the trip potential triangle in place
- You can respond to spillages and wet floors the right way, every time
- You can prevent falls on the same level and falls from height
- You can record and report incidents, injuries and near misses correctly