SLIPS, TRIPS & FALLS
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These are risks most businesses will want to avoid. On top of that, swimming pools and spas will want to present the brightest possible image to returning clients and new ones they hope to recruit.
Unsafe, grimy wet area floors are unappealing. Cleaning and treating the same floors transforms them, often returning them to as-new condition. Floor safety goes hand-in-hand with marketing goals.
Also, the level of resource needed to be safe and compliant is measurable. The pendulum floor slip test we carry out, often on behalf of FM partners, is recognised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities as the industry standard.
Using the device, we can quickly establish the level of slip risk associated with all types of floors and locations, including stairs – wet and dry – and the precise measures needed to ensure their legal compliance.
This may involve deep cleaning and sealing the floors. Or treating them with a coating that greatly increases slip resistance. Correctly maintained, this anti-slip coating remains effective for up to five years on tile, stone, and other cementitious hard surfaces.
As the approved contractor for Bonasystems floor cleaning and anti-slip coatings in mainland UK, we are
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also providing vital advice to leisure companies as they reopen their facilities.
For example, in most cases, the floors with the greatest slip hazards are in female changing areas. Skin and hair products, used more often by women, can end up on the floor, reducing slip resistance.
In some cases, our intervention can be critical. A local authority threatened to prosecute a national fitness chain because its floors were so hazardous, a threat lifted after we coated them.
Swimming pools, gyms and spas are costly facilities to run and maintain. With no income for over a year, operators may be tempted to delay key maintenance, including floor cleaning and treatment.
In my view, this is a false saving. Post-COVID-19, clients will appreciate clean and bright leisure environments more than ever. Costs associated with slip incidents are too great to ignore.
A floor slip risk assessment will establish the cost of being legally compliant and associated spending priorities. Mindful also of the benefits of building back better, this is a key step towards creating safe and enjoyable customer experiences.
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