Obvious Hazards Cause Surprise Falls Safety Poster
Help reduce workplace injuries and reinforce hazard awareness with this eye-catching Slips, Trips and Falls Safety Poster featuring the message:
“Obvious hazards cause surprise falls.”
Using the familiar image of a banana peel as a visual reminder, this workplace safety poster highlights an important safety principle: even hazards that appear obvious can still cause serious accidents when workers become distracted, complacent, rushed, or fail to pay attention to their surroundings. Many slips, trips, and falls occur because hazards are overlooked, ignored, or assumed to be harmless.
This poster encourages employees, contractors, and visitors to remain alert, identify hazards early, maintain good housekeeping practices, and take immediate action to remove or report potential risks. Whether it's a spill, loose object, uneven surface, trailing cable, damaged flooring, or cluttered walkway, addressing hazards before an incident occurs is a key part of maintaining a safe workplace.
Ideal for warehouses, workshops, factories, construction sites, offices, schools, healthcare facilities, retail stores, hospitality venues, and industrial environments, this safety awareness poster helps reinforce safe work habits and supports workplace injury prevention programs.
Displaying hazard awareness posters throughout the workplace helps keep safety front of mind, encourages proactive hazard identification, improves housekeeping standards, and promotes a stronger workplace safety culture focused on preventing slips, trips, and falls.
Printed on premium semi-gloss stock, our workplace safety posters are designed to deliver sharp, vibrant colours with a professional finish that stands out in any work environment. The subtle sheen enhances visibility while helping protect against fading caused by light and moisture — ideal for workshops, warehouses, offices, construction sites, and industrial settings.
Features:
• Premium semi-gloss finish for enhanced colour clarity and a professional appearance
• Heavyweight 200 gsm paper (80 lb) for durability and quality feel
• Poster thickness: 0.22 mm (8.7 mil)
• Printed on FSC-certified or equivalent sustainable paper stock
• Designed for long-lasting workplace display and everyday commercial environments
Perfect for:
• Slips, trips and falls prevention programs
• Hazard identification and reporting initiatives
• Workplace housekeeping campaigns
• Safety awareness training
• Employee induction programs
• Warehouses and distribution centres
• Manufacturing and industrial facilities
• Construction sites and trade workplaces
• Retail and hospitality environments
• Schools, hospitals and office workplaces
• Workplace health and safety (WHS) programs
Every Safety4Work poster is produced to combine clear safety communication with premium print quality. This workplace safety poster promotes hazard awareness, slip prevention, trip hazard identification, fall prevention, workplace housekeeping, risk management, employee safety, workplace compliance, occupational health and safety, WHS awareness, hazard reporting, accident prevention, safety culture, workplace inspections, safe work practices, injury reduction, hazard control, continuous improvement, safety engagement, operational safety, workplace wellbeing, pedestrian safety, environmental awareness, risk reduction, safety communication, proactive hazard management, workplace responsibility, incident prevention, and creating safer workplaces through increased awareness of everyday hazards.
