Slip and fall accidents should be top-of-mind for all commercial building operators, for both your staff and the general public! Here's 9 quick facts you probably didn't know about slip and fall accidents:
Slip and fall accidents are the #1 cause of workplace injuries when averaged among all industries.
Slips, trips, and other fall accidents account for 20% of all worker's compensation costs.
In 2007-08, slip and fall accidents accounted for a third of all worker...
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Here's four quick and easy ways to increase the floor safety in your commercial or retail main entrance!
Conduct a safety audit. Slips, trips, and fall accidents tend to happen in the same spots in any given building, but it's sometimes hard to pinpoint the reason why due to "house blindness"! Walk the trouble spots with a person unfamiliar with the day-to-day operations of your building to see if they can help you spot the areas...
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Slip and fall accidents are a serious problem for building operators that have publicly-accessible areas. We've all been out shopping on a rainy day and have seen those yellow cones warning us of a wet floor, but is that enough to satisfy a building operator's duty to floor safety?
There's a yellow warning cone, but can you spot what's missing that would have prevented this customer's slip and fall accident?
That's right - there's no entrance matting! It's easy...
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Did you know that approximately 20% of all workplace injuries are caused by slips, trips, and falls? They might make for funny YouTube videos, but slips and falls are serious problems!
Workplace slip and fall accidents result in an average of 11 missed days of work, occasionally permanent injury to the worker, and increased WorkSafeBC insurance premiums for the employer. Slips and falls are an even greater problem in commercial kitchens - all too often, proper safety...
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The selection and placement of your commercial entryway matting is far more important than many cleaning professionals and building engineers realize. Installing the right entryway matting system in the right location can significantly help keep a building cleaner and healthier, as well as reducing the overall cleaning and maintenance costs throughout the entire building.
One of the most common mistakes that facility managers make when buying entryway matting is specifying mats that are simply too small to...
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