Posted By Steve B Raymond, either ask the maintenance guy for the specification of the paint and its normal uses (supplied by the manufacturer) and give it to the safety rep, or stick your maintenance guy in a room with the safety rep and let them discuss it, you act as mediator. otherwise you will be piggy in the middle passing information backwards and forwards. regards Steve

Posted By Raymond Rapp Thanks guys. I have asked for the paint spec but not sure where this will get me. At the end of the day it is either slippery or it is not. I can see both sides of the argument, but alas, not the solution.

Posted By Stephen Grant Hi My experience of anti - slip floor paints is that they are influenced by so many factors that they rarely do what they say on the tin. If the grit has sunk into the resin in places then your maintenance man could just have it etched to remove the excess resin and reveal the grit. That might improve the grip but reduce the pristine floor look. Are they wearing the same footwear? If roadway is internal, what cleaning / drying regime is in place? The surtronic duo by Taylor Hobson - www.spectrum-metrology.co.uk/surffloor.htm - is quite good. The HSE tested it on one of my old sites in conjunction with a pendulum test rig and the results obtaind on a variety of dry/wet/contaminated floor surfaces were similar and a good indicator of the actual slip resistance of each surface type in wet, dry or contaminated conditions. Final point -does the safety rep have any positive solutions he can offer rather than just picking fault?

Posted By Crim Raymond, I had exactly the same problem a few years back at a factory where the concrete floors were being painted, once wet with rain water being carried in on peoples shoes they became treacherous. This then became a battle between maintenance dept and myself, they blamed incorrect footwear and would not budge until I took the increased slips, trips and falls accident statistics to the plant manager who made a decision to paint over the painted surfaces with correct anti slip paint. The grit in the paint was damaged by fork lift trucks and it looked shabby in no time at all anyway. It was just a shame that people had to slip and hurt themselves before action was taken. All I can suggest you do is write to the people responsible for painting the floors recommending they take some other action, and keep your accident records to show them they are wrong to ignore you.

Posted By Raymond Rapp Some interesting thoughts and thanks again. I look forward to receiving the paint spec when I return to work (been off with a man-cold) but I am not convinced the h&s rep does not have a valid point. I certainly don't want to wait until accidents start happening before I do anything! The painted shed road area is quite large and is used for stabling several trains. Hence the reluctance of the maintenance team to accept they have made a booboo. Why they could not have run the idea past me first I don't know, but if push comes to shove I will arrange a slip test. Now someone is going to have a red face...let's hope it is not me! Ray