Prevent Slip Accidents With Faber Safe Floor

Prevent Slip Accidents With Faber Safe Floor

Slip and fall accidents are an everyday threat in homes and business premises alike. They can result in injuries that send the affected persons to the emergency room. Bodily harm, medical costs, liabilities when it is an individual in your business premises that has been affected – these are not factors that you want to end up facing. Protecting persons on the premises from these accidents entails a myriad of factors, and one highly effective mode is treating the surface in your premises with the Faber Safe Floor. 

What Causes Slips And Falls? 

You’re walking on the floor, and suddenly lose your grip on the surface. You may be lucky enough to regain your balance, or unfortunately fall, all sprawled out on the floor. Such incidents occur when there is not enough traction between the shoes and the surface being walked on. Contents on the floor are a leading cause of fall injuries. They are brought about by issues like walkways being wet, surfaces that are oily or contaminated, sections of the floor that are damaged, and even loose mats or rugs. Weather conditions can also contribute to this, such as in cases where it rains or snows, and people walking into the premises track in moisture or ice. 

Some of the accidents are linked to staining issues. For instance, if floor finishes are not properly used, or the wrong procedure followed when working with cleaning chemicals, they increase the likelihood of slip and fall accidents. Mistakes like applying too much of a chemical on the floor, or failing to follow the required dilution instructions, and even cases where the chemicals themselves leave behind a film or residue on the surface – they also cause the accidents. 

Even cleaning processes that are not directly on the floor can contribute to slip hazards. For instance, the chemicals that are sprayed onto walls, windows and baseboards can end up on the floor. For instance, when spraying a cleaning agent on the elevator door, this can drip onto adjacent surfaces. People stepping out of the elevator will find the floor bring very slippery, and can end up falling. 

While the variables are diverse, the results are usually the same – ranging from a simple fall that you can casually brush off, to nasty accidents that lead to body injuries like sprains, broken limbs or even concussions, depending on the kind of fall. Taking proactive steps to prevent these from occurring is key to protect your loved ones at home, or the customers and employees in your business premises. 

How The Faber Safe Floor Helps

This water-based treatment directly acts on the floor, to form microerosions that increase traction, giving people more grip as they walk on the area. These microerosions are particularly effective in increasing water-run off, making the surface safe to walk on even when it is wet – that way you can move around the area barefoot or with shoes without worrying about falling. The treatment has been formulated for both indoor and outdoor surfaces, and the non-slip characteristics that it leaves on the surface are long-lasting, here you won’t need to undertake regular maintenance. 

The Faber Safe Floor delivers on its mandate without forming a film on the treated surface. As mentioned earlier, such kinds of film or residue are some of the causes of slips and falls. They create a barrier between the floor surface and people’s shoes. As such, when people are walking on the finish, they are actually walking on the film or residue, creating a slip hazard. You won’t have to worry about that when you’ve treated the floor with the Faber Safe Floor. 

This formulation has been developed for ceramics, porcelain stoneware, quartz, granite, and the vast array of siliceous materials. The application process itself is easy, and you can use equipment like rollers or brushes, work with a lambswool applicator, or spray the formulation onto the surface.

To treat the surface, spread the Faber Safe Floor abundantly on the area with your preferred tool. Ensure that you have applied a uniform coat, covering the entire target surface. After this, give it a set time frame (more on this shortly) to act on the surface, during which the floors should remain evenly wetted all through – you can even apply more of the product if needed. After this timeframe has passed, proceed to remove the excess product and rinse the area. 

The time frame mentioned above is determined by the particular type of floor in question. Note that different installations come with their unique surface characteristics, so you will need to first conduct a preliminary test to determine the most ideal time for your particular situation. Here the goal is to obtain the optimal non-slip characteristics without altering the original appearance of the surface in question. Do this test on a small section – preferably in a concealed area – before you work on the rest of the floor. Apply the product, give it some time, and use your fingers, simulating a walking action, to assess the kind of grip that has been obtained. Compare the level of traction with that on the untreated area to see the difference. Usually, the contact time required ranges between 15 minutes and an hour, but the particular time frame for your situation will be based on the results of this test. 

Extra Measures To Avoid Slip Accidents

In addition to treating your floor with the Faber Safe Floor, other aspects that you can undertake include: 

• Proper training of personnel on how they should handle equipment and chemicals. This ranges from the dilution ratios to the application processes involved.

• When it comes to environmental factors like the water, snow, ice and even dirt that is traced into the building, the cleaning crew in the premises should be enabled to proactively react to these concerns, ensuring that the affected areas are cleaned and dried in time. 

• Setting up mats at the entrance of the premises will minimise the amount of hazardous elements getting transferred into the building. 

• Invest in proper signage, to warn people of physical hazards, all through to placing barricades or safety caution tape when the risks are particularly high.

  Prevent Slip Accidents With Faber Safe Floor