Understanding Slip and Fall Accidents: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention
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Understanding Slip and Fall Accidents: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention

"Preventing slip and fall accidents requires a combination of strategies, including regular maintenance and inspections, employee training, and the use of appropriate safety equipment. By implementing best practices for slip and fall prevention, businesses and organizations can create safer environments for all. Slip and fall accidents are preventable, and by taking steps to address slip and fall hazards, we can reduce their incidence and promote safer environments."

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Why Should You Seal Your Travertine Pavers?
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Why Should You Seal Your Travertine Pavers?

What people see when they first see your newly installed travertine, is not the hours of hard work in installing every piece of stone and getting it just right… What people first see is the final product of it. This is why, sealing your travertine is the most important part of the job!

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The  ASTM C-1028 Scam
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The ASTM C-1028 Scam

Floor safety experts nationwide and internationally, have considered this test to be a joke for many years! Yet this joke continues to be no laughing matter since companies keep sending their products to be tested using this outdated, withdrawn scam of a test!

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ANSI A326.3 is the ONLY Standard to Follow
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ANSI A326.3 is the ONLY Standard to Follow

There is no longer any ANSI standard for measuring the Static Coefficient of Friction (SCOF), thus completing the transition in the United States away from the SCOF method to the globally recognized DCOF method.“

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Updated ANSI A326.3 Officially Released
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Updated ANSI A326.3 Officially Released

Tile Council of North America (TCNA) has announced the addition of a five-category “product use classification system” in ANSI A326.3 American National Standard Test Method for Measuring Dynamic Coefficient of Friction of Hard Surface Flooring Materials, published on February 2, 2022.

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3 Stages to Slip Risk Assessment & Prevention
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3 Stages to Slip Risk Assessment & Prevention

Many of these areas can experience some sort of contamination due to negligence. If an area becomes contaminated with water or any other liquid substance, make sure that your team is properly trained to identify it immediately and to clean it up.

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Why Should I Test My Floor?
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Why Should I Test My Floor?

In the United States, there is only one standard that is acceptable for measuring slip resistance. It is the ANSI A326.3 which tests for the DCOF of a surface and requires the DCOF to measure above a 0.42 to be compliant with the standard.

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