Floor Safety Services
Slips almost always occur on wet surfaces. Reasonably, a floor surface that is slip-resistant when wet will provide safe walking conditions when dry.
Products designed to raise slip resistance on wet surfaces, therefore, provide an excellent means to help ensure floor slip safety in general. In most cases, drastic surface alterations are not necessary. Aesthetics need not be compromised for floor safety.
Low-impact products are available including surface modifiers for mineral containing floors (such as marble and tile), and mop-on treatments for finished floors that raise slip coefficients.
Chemical processes that alter the properties of an existing unfinished floor to improve the coefficient of friction are especially useful in foodservice areas, where quarry or ceramic tile floors may become greasy, dirty, or wet. Restroom and shower areas are also treatable with identical methods to raise slip safety dramatically.
A process requiring professional application creates microscopic tread patterns or pores which make any mineral-containing hard surface much safer when wet or dry. Subsequent sealing prevents the penetration of dirt and grease. The same process may also be used on porcelain surfaces (such as bathtubs), raising the DCOF to safer levels. Excellent slip resistance persists several years with proper maintenance.
New cleaning treatments for finished floors and other surfaces also deliver enhanced safety. Special high performance pH-neutral cleaners that boost the slip resistance of floors and other surfaces to higher levels, provide a clear, protective sheen. Employees can apply such water-based treatments for routine cleaning and slip safety maintenance on a daily or weekly basis.
Services
New Facilities - Prevention
As consultants for a newly planned facility, Nu-Safe carefully reviews the specification of floor surfaces to eliminate inappropriate types of flooring in the design stage of floor selection and, as needed, establishes traffic controls or restricted areas in facilities.
If an existing floor's COF demonstrates that it is slippery when wet, Nu-Safe may recommend applying a specialized treatment or product to the surface that increases wet slip resistance.
Anti-Slip Treatment/Sealant
You'll experience no down time. Our uniformed, professionally trained employees arrive at your location after closing to apply the anti-slip treatment.
Employee Training
Nu-Safe's specialists analyze and evaluate each location's needs. Facility managers are trained to be alert to floor safety needs. Safety posters, training manuals and videos may be provided at each location.
Slip Testing/BOT 3000
<p>Portable slip resistance monitoring devices-permitting on-site floor assessment-are an important preventive tool for professionals responsible for the safety of building occupants. Choosing a device producing a reliable DCOF reading will enable you to measure, record, correct and document the actual condition of your floors for maximum benefit-both from a safety and legal standpoint. </p><p> </p> <p>The BOT-3000 is a binary output tribometer, based on a modified drag-sled principle. It possesses several key differences from the old-fashioned mechanical drag-sled devices:</p> <ul> <li>It can perform both wet and dry surface testing.</li> <li>It is capable of performing static, dynamic, and "heel impact" testing.</li> <li>It employs a slightly curved sensor surface, minimizing the effects of "stiction" and hydroplaning, sometimes associated with wet surface testing.</li> <li>Since it is a digital instrument, it can record, print, and output data which can be cataloged or archived for historical or research purposes.</li> <li>Its sensor linings are of the highest quality materials available, which can be factory replaced as they become worn.</li> <li>It can be factory re-programmed and calibrated as future standards and test materials are developed.</li> <li>It can be field-validated utilizing a standardized test surface and supplied system verification mass.</li> </ul>
On-Site Monitoring & Inspection
Data gathered during installation and on-site inspections is entered into our monitoring program and referenced when our customer service staff telephones each location routinely to follow-up the floor safety program. Data from installation and DCOF tests are tracked and logged to prove your facility has taken a proactive approach to reduce slip and falls.
Learning from Incidents
If you have already experienced slips and falls at your facility, Nu-Safe can help you examine the qualitative and quantitative loss data to help identify how, where and under what conditions incidents have occurred so remedial efforts can be properly planned and directed. Performing physical inspections of incident areas may offer insight on causes, enabling a more focused and effective loss control process.
Nu-Safe's qualitative analysis examines conditions, frequency, severity and other patterns. What type of footwear was being worn? Was there a contaminant on the floor? Were wet floor signs in place? Was there a floor mat? Could this have been a trip fall, instead of a slip fall? What time of day did the event occur?
Nu-Safe's quantitative analysis determines the value or amount of the losses, projected direct losses based on past losses, and estimates of the overall future cost of risk. This enables projecting ROI based on the cost of loss control measures versus projected costs of "business as usual."