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This article focuses on preventing accidents and injuries caused by slips, trips and falls (STFs), sometimes called 'moving around' accidents. These types of accident occur in all categories of industry, commerce and academia and at frequencies that are unacceptably high - but more on that later - and have a variety of causes, of which poor engineering is a significant one. Conversely, good engineering can be shown to be one of the most successful ways of avoiding them. At process, and other, engineering facilities they occur with much the same frequency as at universities, in offices and virtually anywhere else where men and women gather to earn their daily living. They result in serious injuries and, sometimes, fatalities. By a number of efforts and resources, the incidence of accidents caused by slips, trips and falls (STFs) have been reduced significantly. Employers should proactively lead and assist in the objective of reducing the numbers of accidents.