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01/21/2004

Slips & Falls are significant concerns today, not only in the work place but in the home as well.  With that in mind, Best Pak Company has created a website to present products that are proven to reduce slips & falls. 

OSHA Walking-Working Surfaces (Slips, Trips, and Falls)

"Slips, trips, and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents. They cause 15% of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicles as a cause of fatalities. The OSHA standards for walking and working surfaces apply to all permanent places of employment, except where domestic, mining, or agricultural work only is performed. "

Each year 33,000 people receive disabling injuries from falling on stairs.
Static coefficient of friction “grab” - minimum value of 0.5 for most high traffic areas. - Durability, maintenance, design.

Approximately 12,000 people die each year as a result of falls.  Slips, trips, and falls are second only to automobile accidents in causing personal injury.

"In Canada some sixty thousand workers get injured annually due to fall accidents. This number represents about fifteen percent of the "time-loss injuries" that were accepted by workers' compensation boards or commissions across Canada. Not mentioning a great economical loss, it amounts for a lot of pain and suffering and sometimes (much too often) even death. All these, in most of cases, do not have to happen."  Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety.

Floor Cleaner Helps Decrease Slips & Falls

01/21/2004

Until recently, little attention has been given to the slip resistant properties of chemicals used to clean floor surfaces on a daily basis.  It is widely accepted by expert witnesses in slip and fall cases that repeated washing with traditional floor cleaners will over time result in a build-up of soap/detergent that decreases the co-efficient of friction.

 A new product called SR22 represents a breakthrough in the field of slip resistant treatments.  Formulated as a no-rinse floor cleaner, with a balanced blend of anionic surfactants, emulsifiers, wetting agents and a special "slip lock" ingredient, SR22 actually increases the co-efficient of friction while offering superior cleaning ability that will not build-up with subsequent applications. 

 SR22 cleans, conditions and increases slip resistance in one easy application.  Ideal for use on both rigid and resilient flooring such as vinyl, vinyl composition, ceramic tile, porcelain tile, terrazzo, marble, granite, concrete, and sealed wood floors.  SR22, a concentrate and mixed 1-2 ounces per gallon of water is non-acid, contains no phosphates, no solvents, no abrasives, non-flammable and biodegradable.  SR22 leaves your floor clean with a satin polish and slip resistant.  Can be buffed for a high gloss.