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#1 Posted : 10 March 2006 13:53:00(UTC)
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Posted By Peter Taylor14 A floor purchased as non-slip is slippy!! What is the BS for a none slip surface please so this could be stipulated in the contract
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#2 Posted : 10 March 2006 14:01:00(UTC)
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Posted By Tony Bish Try looking at BS 7976 or BS 6077 Is the problem with the flooring surface that was laid, or has a coating or polish been applied to it - may look good but can be slippery.
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#3 Posted : 10 March 2006 14:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Brian Hagyard Peter. I would also suggest you look at the HSE web site and the advice on the pendulum test system. Brian.
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#4 Posted : 11 March 2006 08:27:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jack CIRIA have published: Safer surfaces to walk on - reducing the risk of slipping (C652). See: http://www.ciria.org/acatalog/C652.html It might help
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#5 Posted : 11 March 2006 10:18:00(UTC)
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Posted By Stephen D. Clarke The floor location could be important e.g. surface contamination, closeness to entrance, mat effectiveness, rain water, mud, oil etc. As I understand it if a floor is dry and clean and your shoes are dry and clean then a slip is unlikely. Saw an excellent HSE seminar recently. There's an easy to use electronic gizmo (approx £600) that will measure a floor's micro-roughness, if less than 10 microns expect problems when the floor surface is contaminated. HSE/EHOs will freely demonstrate/lend this gizmo. The HSE website also contains stacks of useful info. In the words of one of the HSE speakers "If you can see your face in it expect to feel your backside on it".
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