Can the work be arranged differently to remove some of the risks?
• Have good supervision, instruction and training to promote safe personal behaviour. • Consider vulnerable people such as the young and the old or people who may be inexperienced or have some impairment. There are also some practical things that are important to look at. They are set out in order in what we call the ‘hierarchy of controls’. Controls at the top of the list should be tried first. This is a summary of those controls – • Make sure that things like poor lighting or glare don’t prevent people seeing where they are walking. • Stop the floor getting wet or contaminated in the first place. • Keep water or contaminants away from walkways. • Quickly clean up any spillages or contamination that does get onto the floor. • Ensure that the existing floor surface itself has enough grip. • Use the right cleaning method to ensure that the floor’s grip is maintained. • Make sure steps and slopes have good foot and hand holds and have no sudden changes. • Replace the floor surface with o
