These hazards include the presence of liquid or other slippery substance on the walking surface as a result of routine cleaning accidental spills product leaks or presence of inclement weather conditions.
Wet floor hazard and risk.
Surfaces such as tiles floor boards and concrete can become significantly more dangerous when a fluid has not been adequately cleaned up.
At ur the 1 cause of stfs is wet floors.
Flooring loose floor coverings and changes in the type of flooring from one room to the next can be a trip hazard and make walking or balance more difficult.
Signs and cones only warn of a hazard they do not prevent people from entering the area.
Proper use of wet floor signs clearly communicates the hazard and reduces the potential for slips and falls.
Our floors get wet from leaking equipment e g.
Refrigerators pipes mopping spilled drinks and weather snow rain tracked in from outside.
It only takes a bit of moisture to turn a dry floor into a hazardous slippery floor.
Trips occur when a person s foot hits a low obstacle in the person s path causing a loss of balance.
Recoating or replacing floors installing mats pressure sensitive abrasive strips or abrasive filled paint on coating and metal or synthetic decking can further improve safety and reduce risk of falling.
For example in a bar liquids such as water alcohol juices or sauces can easily spill onto the floor and present a wet floor hazard either from the spilt liquid or from cleaning it up.
People with a visual impairment parkinson s disease or dementia are more at risk of falls because of uneven flooring.
To improve the safety of your flooring consider.
Replace wet cleaning with dry cleaning wherever possible.
Changing or modifying walking surfaces is the next level of preventing slip and trips.
There are various factors that contribute to the risk of slips and trips.
In general softer soles eg microcellular urethane with a good pattern are least slippery on wet floors.
This commonly occurs when there is a contaminant between the shoe and the floor.
When flat surfaces get wet they get slippery.
A wet floor could be the result of a spill a breakage a machine or tap malfunction or simply scheduled cleaning.
Carrying loads or pushing pulling trolleys increases the slip risk and should be.