{"id":3209,"date":"2022-05-13T12:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawkins.salttest.co\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=3209"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:58:15","slug":"paul-lemon","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/paul-lemon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Lemon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3209\" class=\"elementor elementor-3209\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25f0b5a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"26758\" data-id=\"25f0b5a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-792c9a5\" data-eae-slider=\"63198\" data-id=\"792c9a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72297b49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72297b49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paul is a full-time specialist in the niche area of slips, trips and stair fall incident investigation, and leads Hawkins\u2019 work in this area. He is a sought-after Expert Witness in this field, regularly preparing reports and giving evidence in Court.<\/p><p>He was part of the small HSE team that developed HSE&#8217;s early understanding of the causes of pedestrian slips, trips and stair falls. Paul\u2019s work at HSE\u2019s Laboratories (HSL) involved leading and coordinating research in these subject areas, and led to him serving as HSE\u2019s principal Expert Witness for cases involving pedestrian accidents, presenting evidence to Magistrates\u2019 Courts, Crown Courts and at Coroner\u2019s Inquests.<\/p><p>On becoming HSL&#8217;s Research Technical Leader for slips, trips and stair falls, Paul continued to lead HSL&#8217;s research into these subjects, including their input into a large pan-European research project and managing the two largest research projects into slips and falls ever undertaken by HSE. He maintained responsibility for the authorisation of HSL\u2019s slip, trip and stair fall forensic reports and represented HSE on several British Standards Committees, taking part in the production of numerous HSE Guidance documents and National Standards (such as BS7976-2 and BS5395-1) concerning slips, trips and stair falls.<\/p><p>He has developed a substantial list of publications in this subject area, is a long-standing, active Member of the UK Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG) and was the Editor of Issue 5 of the UKSRG Guidelines. 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