“Finding Greatness in Training” by Ron Brewer discusses key foundations to safety training programs that companies should implement to ensure employees are properly trained in safety procedures. According to the author, the key foundations for a successful training program are training properly and effectively, reviewing the training process, monitoring skills in the workplace and verifying how the desired end results were achieved.
Aluminum treads are one of the many versatile products that SlipNOT® Metal Safety Flooring offers. Aluminum treads are lightweight, long lasting and may be custom fabricated to meet any job specification. Depending on how much traction your application requires SlipNOT® aluminum stair treads are available in Grade 1 (Fine) and Grade 2 (Medium). If you require a Grade 3 (Coarse) surface, you would want to add a steel SlipNOT® surface to the aluminum treads. This option provides a higher traction surface with a light weight tread. Another option is adding a SlipNOT® stainless steel surface to aluminum treads. Stainless steel is the most chemical resistant surface SlipNOT® offers and holds up well in high traffic environments.
SlipNOT® offers a non-slip stainless surface on aluminum tread for applications that require lightweight flooring that is slip resistant, durable, and corrosion resistant. The SlipNOT® stainless steel surface is registered by NSF International for use in food processing facilities. The combination of stainless steel SlipNOT® on aluminum treads allows for easy installation and a cost effective solution for slippery stairs.
Walkways, crossovers, bridges and trails at recreational parks and trails can often become slippery and dangerous to pedestrians running, biking or walking through outdoor parks. Often, walking surfaces are constructed from a material such as wood, bare metal, or diamond plate that can become slippery dangerous from rain, mud, sand and other materials at recreational parks. The combination of material and the outdoor elements can create a dangerous safety hazard to pedestrians enjoying recreational parks.
In manufacturing facilities, basin or trenches are used to collect fluids such as oil, grease, lubricants, and various other liquids. There are times when these trenches can run through the middle of a facility or around machinery where walkways are needed.
Earlier this January, a gentleman was hired to shovel snow in front of a city sanitation garage in New York. He stepped on a piece of steel grating in the sidewalk that allowed ventilation to the No. 1 train below, fell through and landed 10 feet down on the bottom, hitting his head on the way down. Another gentleman who was working with him said the steel floor grating looked like it was in bad shape. Proper maintenance of the grating could have prevented this accident. Steel floor grating needs to be painted or galvanized to protect it from rust and corrosion. If it is not properly protected or bolted down, accidents like this can occur.
The Mathews Bridge is a truss bridge located in Jacksonville, FL. The bridge allows motorists to travel across the St. John’s River to and from downtown Jacksonville. The Mathews Bridge is fabricated from bare metal grating that can often become slippery. In recent years, motorists have complained about the bare metal grating bridge becoming extremely dangerous during inclement weather. In one instance, a woman was killed when her vehicle hit slippery bare metal grating on the bridge causing it to drive off the bridge and into the St. John’s River.
Choosing the correct steel floor grating is crucial for heavy vehicular loads and harsh environments. Many large urban buildings such as hospitals incorporate grate systems over their vaults and pits, which are flush level with the sidewalk or road. During the winter of 2003, a skid-steer loader being used to clear a hospitals snowy sidewalk plunged into a vault when the grate system failed under the weight of the loader, resulting in injury for the employee. The loader dropped 20 feet and the employee died an hour after the accident.
