Should I File an Incident Report After a Slip and Fall?

A blank accident report form and pen on a wooden desk, the incident report a business asks you to complete after a slip or trip and fall.

Yes — file the report. In almost every case, a written incident report created the day you fall helps you far more than it helps the store. That answer surprises people, because the request usually comes at the worst possible moment: you are embarrassed, you hurt, a manager is standing over you with a clipboard, […]