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04/07/11 The Pendulum Test Is Valuable For All Industries Some health and safety issues are more relevant to certain businesses and industries than others. This means there can be a tendency to overlook certain issues if they are not valid to your company. However, there are also many key issues which are relevant to every industry and there is no doubt that ensuring staff members and customers have safe paths and walkways is essential. This is where the pendulum test can be crucial for any company as it is a great way to measure the safety and reliability of any flooring. Receptions are not only the gateway to your business; they are the first area a customer will likely come into contact with your staff and business vision, but it is also likely to be the place where external conditions are brought indoors. If the weather outside the building is poor, the reception area can quickly become wet from the shoes of people coming in from the outside. This can very quickly make the floor slippery, increasing the likelihood of an accident occurring. Carrying out the pendulum test is a great way for a firm to ensure that they are taking every precaution possible to ensure that people are not put in danger. It is not only water that can compromise the condition of a floor however; there are many different liquids and substances which can affect the flooring. Grease in a kitchen or canteen can very easily find itself on the floor and this can be a major cause of accidents in the workplace. It is important that people take some level of responsibility and clean up any mess they make, but different floors will react in different ways to certain substances. Carrying out the pendulum test is a good way for businesses to check the integrity of the floors throughout their building. Shopping centres, supermarkets and other shops will all have a large number of people walking through the premises each and every day. This can lead to a high level of wear and tear on the floor and the many people coming in from possibly wet conditions outside will have an influence on the condition of the floor. If a person picks up an injury through slipping on the floor in a shopping mall or centre, they will very likely place a claim for damages against the owners of the property. Depending on the severity of the injury sustained, this can be a hugely expensive fee for the property owner to pay. This means having a pendulum test carried out and exploring how to improve health and safety can save a great deal of money in the long run. The pendulum test by itself is not the sole answer to a business’s flooring problems but it plays a massive role in helping to evaluate the work that a business should be doing. This test has quickly been established as the industry standard, which means that every company should be making some form of provision of ensuring that this test is carried out on a regular basis to help minimise the risk of accidents in the workplace.
Further information Pendulum testing - Surface roughness - Slips Potential Model - Slip testing methods - HSE slips site - Grip Potential Ltd |
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