DCOF Rating
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Las Vegas is home to many pool decks, and far too often I have been called out to the “City of Sin” to test a pool deck that has caused slips and led to serious injuries to innocent vacationers. The pendulum dynamic coefficient of friction (DCOF) tester has been in use in over 50 nations…
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2022 Revised ANSI A326.3 Has Five Situation-Specific DCOF Minimums — And Crucial Caveats Which Make This Test Inappropriate as a Floor Safety Test
In February of 2022, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) issued a revised version of their “Test Method for Measuring Dynamic Coefficient of Friction of Hard Surface Flooring Materials.” The test method is called ANSI A326.3, and it sets a very low bar for DCOF in various flooring areas. Slip and fall accidents will likely…







