Slips and falls can result from a wide range of causes. To avoid litigation your commercial property needs to be immune to claims that your negligence caused an injury. The most effective way of doing this is to have Safety Direct America periodically slip test your floors for slip resistance, and have your floor care … Continue reading “Head Off Litigation with Third-Party Confidential Periodic Floor Slip Resistance Testing”
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Improving the World’s Most Sophisticated Floor Slip-Resistance Safety Standards
In June’s post we discussed situation-specific slip resistance safety standards, which reflect the use or function of a floor and the friction (coefficient of friction) demands placed on it. Many U.S. floor friction standards are “one size fits all” — for instance, a wet dynamic coefficient of friction (DCOF) of 0.43 is considered adequate for … Continue reading “Improving the World’s Most Sophisticated Floor Slip-Resistance Safety Standards”
BOT-3000 Data Can Help Building Owners Monitor Changes in Floor Slip Resistance
Periodic testing of your company’s floors’ slip resistance can detect problems so they can be solved before they cause an accident, and can help verify that there are no remaining problems. Routine monitoring slip tests are typically conducted quarterly, semiannually, or annually. However, various unrelated pedestrian factors such as prescription and non-prescription drug use, intoxication, … Continue reading “BOT-3000 Data Can Help Building Owners Monitor Changes in Floor Slip Resistance”
Misleading ASTM C 1028 Friction Test Continues to Wreak Havoc in the USA
Misguided investments of hundreds of millions of dollars in slippery flooring … pain, suffering, and financial losses to accident victims and their families … lawsuits by the thousands … and lack of consumer confidence in ceramic tile and other hard flooring: these are some of the consequences of a poorly-conceived floor “slip-resistance” test — ASTM … Continue reading “Misleading ASTM C 1028 Friction Test Continues to Wreak Havoc in the USA”
Anti-Slip Transparent Coating Lets Hotels Eliminate Tub/Shower Mats
Most hotels and motels with slippery bathtub and shower floors have been using suction cup mats to give bathers safer footing, albeit only on a small part of the slippery surface. These mats need to be laundered daily or they will harbor bacteria, foot fungus and mold. Because of the laundering the mats deteriorate quickly … Continue reading “Anti-Slip Transparent Coating Lets Hotels Eliminate Tub/Shower Mats”
BREAKING NEWS: Dynamic Slip Testing Enters International Building Code!
Slip accident prevention in the USA and Canada finally emerged from the Stone Age when dynamic coefficient of friction testing with a specific test method and safety standard became a verified part of the current International Building Code (IBC) in February 2013. The IBC is used mainly in the USA, but a few others use it … Continue reading “BREAKING NEWS: Dynamic Slip Testing Enters International Building Code!”
Safe Coefficient of Friction Values for Inclined Surfaces (Ramps)
At Safety Direct America, we are experts in slip resistance (or coefficient of friction) testing. There is little information available in regards to what COF is required for different angles of pedestrian ramps.This blog entry discusses some published information on the subject of how much coefficient of friction is needed on various types of ramps … Continue reading “Safe Coefficient of Friction Values for Inclined Surfaces (Ramps)”
Testing Anti-Slip Floor Tapes, Treatments and Coatings
Slip and fall accidents are a huge concern in America as the average age of the population is on the rise. Broken hips for the elderly often lead to long hospital stays and premature deaths. Slip and fall accidents also account for the greatest number of lost work days for American employees in the workplace. … Continue reading “Testing Anti-Slip Floor Tapes, Treatments and Coatings”
Slip Resistance Tested Anti-Slip Floor and Tub Tapes
Testing has shown that when a person’s heel slips more than three inches, the person is 50% likely to fall. To be safe, you should be sure that people on your property do not slip more than one and a half inches on your flooring, especially in dangerous areas such as stairs. Perhaps the cheapest … Continue reading “Slip Resistance Tested Anti-Slip Floor and Tub Tapes”
Slip Resistance Testing
A couple of months ago, we published a page on the latest slip resistance test standards on our website. This was because we often have our phone ring with people who are having problems with their slippery floor and they would like to have it tested. However, they either don’t know which test is best … Continue reading “Slip Resistance Testing”