In the worker's perspective, WorkCover Queensland emphasizes the role of people and their behaviors in influencing the risk of slips, trips, and falls in the workplace. Considerations include:

• Designing jobs to reduce factors that increase risk, such as feeling rushed or fatigued.
• Identifying high-risk jobs, which involve actions like restricted vision, lack of a free hand for balance on stairs, rushing, turning quickly, taking long strides, being distracted, and working in crowded areas.
• Considering individuals beyond workers, including customers, students, passengers, tourists, visitors, contractors, patients, and volunteers, especially those who are elderly, have walking restrictions, reduced vision or hearing, are unwell or affected by drugs/alcohol, fatigued, or handling loads.
• Recognizing that unfamiliarity with the workplace increases risk, particularly for visitors and new or part-time workers.

To mitigate risks, WorkCover Queensland suggests:

• Designing jobs to reduce manual handling of heavy or bulky loads, keeping one hand free on stairs, minimizing pushing loads up inclines, avoiding transporting or handling loads in wet weather, and promoting a suitable work-rest schedule.
• Addressing aspects of job design that cannot be fixed by paying extra attention to the work environment, including flooring, lighting, and removal of contaminants and obstacles.
• Implementing systems to train, inform, and supervise workers on the significance of slips and trips risks, cleaning procedures, reporting incidents, spills, contaminants, equipment defects, proper use of safety equipment, and wearing appropriate footwear.
• Encouraging each worker to actively contribute to reducing the risk of slips and trips in their workplace.

For workplaces used by the public, WorkCover Queensland recommends special attention, particularly in health services, shopping centers, entertainment venues, restaurants, transport services, education facilities, meeting areas, sporting facilities, parks, and gardens. Simple devices like bagging systems for wet umbrellas, lids or bags for takeaway items, paper towels or napkins at food services, dripless soap dispensers, and sufficient rubbish bins can be implemented to enhance safety.