FloorSlip
Slip Injury Articles and Cases
Displayed below are links of several articles that can be found on-line for people having had a Slip on a Floor Incident, which resulted in a Slip Injury Claim. The claim values below won't come close to covering the additional ££££ expenditure for Slip Injury Lawyers!
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Scottish woman awarded £40,000 after slip on wet shop floor
https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scottish-woman-awarded-ps40000-after-slip-wet-shop-floor-1410094
Irish woman awarded €75,310 after slip on wet shop floor
UK HSE Injury Statistics
35% of 'major' injuries requiring hospitalisation and most prevalent in the food and drink industries are from Slips, Trips and Falls (e.g. broken arm), which is over 1,000 injuries per year
https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/slips.htm
UK Hospital Slips and Trip top serious incidents
CQC found for the Suthampton General Hospital that slips, trips and falls (and pressure ulcers) were the top serious incidents requiring investigation.
https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RHM01/reports
Carlisle Castle fined over £50,000 for Hip Injury following Floor Slip
Court Case of Floor Slip Claim in Nursing Home
Supermarker Fined £400,000 for death following slip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-39998209
Research Article Only - Fluid Pressures at the Shoe-Floor-Contaminant Interface During Slips: Effects of Tread & Implications on Slip Severity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760193/
Floor Slip Resistance explained - By John Sotter of Safety Direct America
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