Commercial Floor Maintenance and Safety

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Commercial Floor Maintenance and Safety
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Standard of Care
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• The ASTM D2047 acts as the official safety
  guidelines for commercial businesses to follow
  when it comes to their flooring, especially when
  considering coatings.
• As a focus of these guidelines, coatings must
  meet a slip resistant standard.
• Virtually all coatings available today meet the
  standards set forth in the ASTM D2047. However,
  it is wise to always ask the supplier of your
  floor care products for assurance.

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Standards of Slip Resistance
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• Its important to know that throughout the ASTM
  D2047, uncoated walkways are not officially
  defined.
• However, there are still bare walkways that can
  meet the coated floor standard. This can be
  determined by measuring bare walkways with strict
  adherence to the methodology set forth in the
  ASTM D2047.
• The three industries that need to adhere to
  walking safety are the flooring, shoe, and floor
  coating industries.

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Flooring Coating Usage

• Floor coatings can add to the life span of
  flooring, especially materials that have poor
  abrasion resistance.
• Floor coatings makes flooring easier to maintain
  and clean.
• It also gives a favorable aesthetic to the
  surface.

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Measurement of Self-Conducted Slip

• Its not necessary to use portable slip testers
  in order to gauge if a floor meets slip
  resistance standards.
• Pedestrians generally do not fall because of dry
  floors or floors that are too waxed.
• Pedestrians typically fall due to wet flooring or
  cluttered walkways.
• Portable slip tests are fairly expensive and do
  little to actually demonstrate the safety of the
  floor.

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Keeping Walkways Free of Foreign Materials
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• Keep all walkways clean and hazard-free from
  liquids, lubricants, hard surface polishes,
  powders, debris, etc.
• Thoroughly clean areas where contaminants are
  used or sold.
• Contaminants can be hard to detect and contribute
  to over 50 of all slip and fall accidents.
• Slip resistance standards do not apply to
  walkways that are wet or contaminated.

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Textured Flooring
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• Textured and abrasive flooring do not have a
  standard of performance.
• Most textured and abrasive flooring do not
  require coating.
• Textured flooring is typically used sparingly in
  public.

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Hazardous Conditions
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• If a business is made aware of a situation that
  causes the floor to be dangerous they should fix
  the issue ASAP.
• Keeping a consistent level of maintenance on the
  floor helps to ensure that the presence of
  contaminants, clutter, debris, and other dangers
  are significantly minimized.
• Training employees about the standards is
  extremely important.
• Also, giving notice to pedestrians should be
  practiced for everyones safety.

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Walk-Off Matting
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• Walk-off matting should be present at the
  entrance of buildings.
• Matting should have the ability to absorb a great
  deal of water, especially for inclement weather.
• A walk-off mat will help prevent a majority of
  that soil from going beyond the entrance.

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