Vault covers are used by water, power and utility companies to access electrical wires, pipes and other equipment that need to be accessible for workers.  Vault covers made with diamond plate can become extremely dangerous to pedestrians, vehicles and workers.  These vault covers are typically installed on sidewalks and streets.  When the vault covers become slippery from oil from vehicles and weather elements such as rain, they become extremely slippery.  This creates a slippery hazard for pedestrians and drivers utilizing them.

A slip resistant vault cover is an ideal solution to dangerous bare metal vault covers.  Slip resistant vault covers are beneficial because they will remain slip resistant in oily and wet conditions.  A slip resistant vault cover made out of a substrate such as aluminum is also extremely light weight.  This is beneficial because aluminum slip resistant vault covers can be easily moved by works accessing the electrical wires and pipes below versus a vault cover made out of other material.

An example of slip resistant drain covers is SlipNOT^® Metal Safety Flooring slip resistant vault covers.  SlipNOT^® vault covers are available in a variety of substrates and are custom fabricated to meet the specifications of a variety of applications.  They have been utilized by numerous companies and cities such as:

• AT&T
• Seattle City Lights
• Portland General Electric Company
• Quest Communications

SlipNOT^® has proven to be an effective option to replacing dangerous diamond plate on vault covers and provides long lasting slip protection for pedestrians, workers and vehicles.  

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