Prioritizing Floor Safety and Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls
Approximately 20 percent of all workplace injuries are related to floor safety and are caused by slips, trips and falls. For employers, this often results in workers missing about 11 days of work, costing on average of $40,000 per incident. In some facilities, such as restaurants, these numbers can be even higher. This is because […]
Top 10 Risk Factors for Slip-and-Fall Accidents
Being aware of risk factors that can cause slip-and-fall accidents should be a major concern in all types of facilities. According to forensic reviews of dozens of slip-and-fall injury accidents, these are the 10 most commonly associated risk factors for slips and falls: Surface composition: Refers to the type of floor surface and its slip […]
Crown Mats Identifies High Risk Areas for Slip-and-Fall Accidents
Crown Mats and Matting has released its second segment in a series of Tribology Training classes, detailing how to handle high risk areas for slip-and-fall accidents. Tribology is the study of the interaction between sliding surfaces. Those who analyze slip and fall accidents use the knowledge of tribology to examine the amount of friction between […]