Specifications - Slip and Fall Prevention

Engineered to provide safe, sure footing in wet or dry conditions, ALGRIP has been tested for the most severe environments and has proven durable, functional and superior. In recent slip resistance tests, the ALGRIP Slip Resistant floor plate has exceeded recommended safety levels.

Slip Fall Statistics

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommends that walking surfaces maintain a minimum COF of 0.50. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recommends that level walking surfaces maintain a 0.60 COF and that materials for inclined ramps maintain a more stringent 0.80 COF.

The latest non slip testing of the ALGRIP products is ASTM F-1679. This test is performed by a Certified XL Tribometrist using the English XL Variable Incidence Tribometer (VIT). The test results show an average dry Coefficient of Friction (COF) of 0.99, and a Slip Resistant Index of 0.93 when wet. This testing procedure assigns a value to the traction surface while that surface is testing under wet and dry conditions.

Prior to ASTM F-1679, our testing in accordance with ASTM C-1028 showed a 0.97 COF when testing dry Neolite and 0.96 COF when tested wet.

OSHA GUIDELINES


All Surfaces	0.50 COF Recommended

ADA GUIDELINES

Level Surfaces	0.60 COF Recommended
Incline Ramps	0.80 COF Recommended

ALGRIP TEST RESULTS

ASTM PROCEDURE F-1679


Dry Surfaces	0.99 COF
Wet Surfaces	0.93 COF

ASTM PROCEDURE C-1028-89
Dry Leather	0.88 COF
Dry Rubber	0.94 COF
Dry Neolite	0.97 COF
Wet Leather	0.91 COF
Wet Rubber	0.92 COF
Wet Neolite	0.96 COF

Injuries in the workplace increase expenses and reduce your bottom line. ALGRIP products are the key to creating safe work environments to prevent your employees and company from becoming the next statistic.

Slips, trips, and falls cost employers $13.4 billion in 2001, according to The Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index.

According to research by Liberty Mutual, falls on the same level had the fastest inflation-adjusted growth in costs (17.2%) of any injury cause between 1998 and 2001.

Slip and falls account for over 321,000 nonfatal, disabling injuries in the workplace per year in North America and account for over 19% of those workers with lost work hours.

Slip-fall accidents account for over 22% of all reported occupational injuries and involve an average of 10 days away from work.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 1.4 million nonfatal occupational injuries, involving days away from work, occur in North America each year.

Operators, fabricators and laborers account for 32% of those injured in the workplace involving days away from work.
In 2002, over 5,500 individuals died as a result of fatal work injuries. Slip and falls represent 13% of workers killed in workplace accidents.

US Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics Report - LOST - WORKTIME INJURIES
AND ILLNESSES: CHARACTERISTICS AND RESULTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2002.

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