Let's Dance

OK folks, it's time to start creating the masterpiece. You have seen the "KFC dance and slide" video on you-tube but in the works now is the safety dance video that can help provide your employees the training they need to walk, slide, dance, even FALL on the floors of your business. You may laugh at the video, but all across the United States there are restaurants, stores, hotels, schools, and other business that need floors treated. The problem is that concern about a safe floor is drowned out by the need to retain employees. I know this from experience, like I said, I was a contractor and other than my own father, there were only two people on whom I could depend. The problem of employee retention is compounded by job duties and the need to keep products or services available. Maybe being more concerned about the safety of the employees could increase the longevity of employment.

Why are floors slippery? Because, "No tile surface stays slip-resistant forever."
(http://www.ceramic-tile.com/tileman.cfm)

How can you measure a floor's slipperiness? By measuring the Coefficient of Friction (COF), which is a mathematical term used to describe the effect of dragging one substance (shoe sole material) over another (flooring surface). Here's something to think about:

"People can walk safely on surfaces that are more slippery than ice, if they know of the hazard. In fact, some surfaces (such as dance floors and bowling alley approaches) are waxed to make them slippery, and nobody falls down from walking over them. But if an unexpected slippery spot occurs on a floor with an overall COF of 0.5, a classic heel slip could be expected to occur."(http://www.ceramic-tile.com/tileman.cfm)

http://www.antislipsafetyfloor.com/