Workplace Slipping
Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992
Regulations 12 (1) (2) and (3)
McCondichie v Mains Medical Centre
[2004] Rep. L.R.4; [2003] G.W.D. 35-993
Employer’s liability; ice in medical practice car park; applicability of Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 to persons other than employees;
Car park is part of the workplace. Regulation 12 (3) does not require the risk of slippage to be eliminated entirely, merely that the employer take reasonable steps to minimise the risk
Ellis v Bristol City Council
[2007] EWCA Civ 685
Workplace; floors; strict liability under Regulation 12 (1) and (2); Approved Code of Practice; slipping on urine on floor
Surface of a workplace floor must not be slippery. Regulations 12 (1) and (2) required floor not to be slippery whether permanent state or temporary state of slipperiness occurring with a sufficient degree of frequency and regularity. Code of practice relevant, could be referred to even though not pleaded and not put to witnesses.
Merseyside Fire & Civil Defence Authority v Bassie
[2005] EWCA Civ 1474
Workplace slipping; Regulation 12 (3); fireman slipping on layer of fine dust.
Dust on the floor was a substance which might cause a person to slip and it was reasonably practicable to keep the floor clear of dust by mopping. Breach of Regulation 12 (3).
Lewis v Avidan Ltd (T/A High Meadow Nursing Home)
[2005] EWCA Civ 670
Employer’s Liability; Slipping on unexpected flood water from a concealed pipe; Regulations 5 and 12 of the Workplace Regulations
The workplace included the floor on which the Claimant slipped but not the water pipe itself. No breach of Regulation 5 as the floor had been maintained in an efficient state. No breach of Regulation 12 (3) as not reasonably practicable for the employer to have acted differently.