Posted By Ian Stone We have an old bakery here at the College with terracotta flooring. The bakery has been closed and our Estates department have moved a wood recycling project into the room.The floor is quite slippery when it has wood dust/shavings on it, we have got good dust extraction and the floors are swept at regular intervals but due to the nature of the work dust/shavings still appear on the floor. we have been trying to find some form or coating to be put on the floor to help, we have tried several paint like substances suggested by suppliers but these seem to rub off within a couple of days. Does anyone have any suggestions on anything we could use? One idea that was mentioned was to have the tiles sprayed with an acid to rough them up but cant find anyone in the area (Plymouth) who could help with this. Many thanks Ian

Posted By Paul Leadbetter Ian Excuse me for going off on a bit of a tangent but you made a comment about wood dust being swept up. Wood dust should not be swept up unless it is dampened first as all wood dust has now been assigned an MEL. Vacuum cleaning should be used (with a high efficiency filter, if necessary, to prevent fine particles being blown back into the workplace). Paul