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Floor Slip Resistance Testing: Why ANSI A326.3 DCOF Should Not Be Used as a Floor Safety Assessment When a floor is tested for slip resistance, the most important question is simple: Does the test result meaningfully identify whether the floor presents a high, medium, or low potential for pedestrian slipping? A floor slip resistance test…
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For years, the National Floor Safety Institute promoted its B101 series as a benchmark for slip resistance in the United States. Today, that framework exists without ANSI accreditation, without federal adoption, and without clear evidence that it reduces real-world slip-and-fall injuries. That’s not a minor issue.That’s a credibility problem. 1. Loss of ANSI Accreditation Is…
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At Safety Direct America, our mission has always been simple: help prevent slips and falls by accurately measuring and improving the slip resistance of floors. For many years, professionals in the United States have struggled with a major problem in the field of floor safety. Despite the enormous number of slip and fall incidents that…
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In the United States, a serious misunderstanding has taken hold in the flooring industry. Many architects, attorneys, insurers, manufacturers, and even safety consultants believe that the BOT-3000E tribometer determines whether a floor is “safe.” It does not. And the standard behind it — ANSI A326.3 — clearly says so. What ANSI A326.3 Actually Says ANSI…
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🚿 Slippery Hotel Bathrooms Are a Serious Safety Risk — Here’s the Best Solution Bathrooms — especially hotel showers and bathtubs — can be deceptively dangerous. From polished marble to smooth tile, wet surfaces quickly become slick, increasing the risk of injury for guests. In fact, bathroom slip-and-fall incidents are both common and costly. SparkleTuff™…
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Understanding ASTM F2913 and Why ASTM E303 Still Matters For years, confusion has surrounded the question:What is the correct ASTM-recognized way to assess the slip resistance of a walking surface? Many people believe the answer lies in handheld static coefficient-of-friction (COF) devices. Others insist that pendulum-type testers are outdated or “not ASTM-approved for safety assessment.”…
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Slip-and-fall incidents remain one of the leading causes of serious injury in public and commercial spaces. Because of that, the tools used to assess floor safety must be accurate, repeatable, and meaningful in real-world conditions. Unfortunately, not all slip-resistance test devices meet that standard. In the video accompanying this article, we demonstrate why the pendulum…
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Unfortunately, because the USA is a highly litigious society with personal injury attorney billboards littering every roadway across the land, there has emerged three distinct camps of “floor slip resistance testing experts” here. The first two are filled with industry participants who make the slip and fall situation worse – getting innocent people killed and…
