--- title: Top 5 Facts on Work Place Safety description: Work place safety should be treated with utmost importance at all times. 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When the safety of your staff is compromised, serious accidents can easily happen. Did you know that 1/2 of all workplace accidents are caused by slips, trips and falls? Which poses the question, are you wearing the right safety footwear? ### **Top 5 Shocking Facts** Let's start with our top 5 industry wide shocking facts that are as a result of workplace safety being compromised in UK companies. ![Top 5 Facts on Work Place Safety - V12 Footwear](https://blog.v12footwear.com/hs-fs/hubfs/facts%20remain1.jpg?width=360&height=359&name=facts%20remain1.jpg) As displayed in the image, there are some pretty significant and serious numbers, all of which cost UK businesses millions of pounds each year. With that said, these dangerous, life-changing and even life threatening slip-related incidents can all be massively reduced if the correct PPE is worn for the working environment. It is equally important that the working environment is safe and controls are in place to reduce accidents from happenings. Now that you have an idea of the human and business cost of compromised workplace safety, it's important to become familiar with the range of surprisingly simple and low cost ways to control slips and trips risks, as  prevent accidents in your workplace. 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