Safer floors during wet weather
As the conditions decline with the season, Diversey investigates ways of keeping your flooring safe in the inclement conditions.
Wet and dirty floors can be a common occurrence during winter, when bad weather means building occupiers and visitors bring more water and soiling inside on their shoes. The challenge facing anyone responsible for a building is to ensure that the floor retains its appearance and remains safe. This is where equipment such as a TASKI scrubber dryer and other cleaning tools from Diversey can make a real difference.
Entrances and lobbies can be a particular problem because they are closest to the outdoors. If a puddle forms inside an entrance during wet weather – or there’s a spillage of any kind – it may be necessary to provide a containment barrier until it can be removed. This is one of the many potential applications of Diversey’s TASKI Zorba Leak Lizard, a super-absorbent disposable barrier strip for containing liquid spills and leaks.
The strip is supplied in a continuous 30m roll that can be separated at 60cm intervals into any required length to surround a spill or segregate an area with a highly effective barrier. Each section contains a special polymer material that can quickly absorb up to two litres of water or other liquids. The strip is simply laid into the required position to create a barrier between a wet and dry area. When used for smaller spillages it will absorb all of the liquid before its built-in indicator becomes visible.
making TASKI machines ideal for daytime or opportunity cleaning in busy buildings.
The same attributes allow TASKI machines to remove dirt and water from wet floors during bad weather. Running over the floor regularly throughout the day, particularly when it is raining outside, helps keep floors clean and dry.
"According to the
HSE, slips, trips and falls remain the
most common cause of major injuries at work".
Battery powered machines in TASKI’s extensive range are ideal for this type of work because they operate independently at all times, and do not need access to localised power sources. Nor do they use trailing power cables which can themselves present an additional hazard to users and bystanders. With a large number of machines, pads and brushes and cleaning products to choose from, all designed by Diversey to work together to deliver optimum performance, operators can specify the right combination of performance and value for their particular application.
So why is this important?
According to the HSE, slips, trips and falls on the same level remain the most common cause of major injuries at work – almost three in 10 of all reportable non-fatal cases. Referring to ‘at work’ can be deceptive because the
HSE’s figures include commercial premises such as
Spillages and any water and dirt brought into a building can be removed quickly and effectively using a TASKI scrubber drier. These advanced machines, which clean and dry the floor in a single pass, are also ideal for clearing puddles and spillages after they have been contained using a barrier strip.
The patented squeegee and pick-up mechanism used on all walk-behind and ride-on models in Diversey’s range of TASKI scrubber dryers ensures that more than 99% of the water or cleaning solution is removed as the machine passes over the floor. During normal operations, the floor can be used as soon as cleaning is finished,
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shops and hospitals. This means that many of the reported accidents are to members of the public. Clearly building owners and managers have a duty of care and responsibility for the safety of working and public areas.
Using equipment such as a TASKI scrubber drier and TASKI Zorba Leak Lizard helps building managers face the dual seasonal challenge of maintaining the appearance of their facilities while eliminating potential slip and trip risks posed by the ingress of water and dirt.
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