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

https://­www.­irishtimes.­com/­news/­crime-and-law/­courts/­high-court­/woman-who-slipped-on-wet-floor-in-dunnes-awarded-75-310-1.2678597


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

http://­www.­dailymail.­co.­uk/­news/­article-1268723/­Ridiculous-compensation-culture-claims-pay-outs-burden-tourist-attractions.­html


Court Case of Floor Slip Claim in Nursing Home

http://­www.­bailii.­org/­cgi-bin/­markup.­cgi?doc=/­ew/­cases/­EWCA/­Civ/­2007/­685.­html&­query=­title+%­28+­ellis+%­29&method=boolean


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

You may have to wait a few seconds for the 'adverts' to play out

https://­www.­youtube.­com/­watch?v=--h5PnR6h3g