The Situation:

Pirtle Springs Water Treatment Plant contacted their fabricator to transform the slippery grating stair treads that lead to a blower room into safety stairs.  The aluminum safety stairs needed to also act as a contaminant barrier for the equipment that sits below the stairway.

The Solution:

Pirtle Springs Water Treatment Plant originally purchased aluminum grating treads to allow air and light to pass through the stairway.  Shortly after installation, the aluminum grating treads were not working as planned.  The openness of the treads allowed for pollutants to fall through contaminating the equipment that sat beneath the stairs and the aluminum grating treads were also slippery.  After contemplating a retrofit solution that would eliminate the pollutants and slick walking surface, it was determined that aluminum plate safety stairs would be ordered from SlipNOT® Metal Safety Flooring.

The fabricator worked with a sales representative from SlipNOT® to order the safety stairs.  SlipNOT® provides custom fabricated stair treads that ensure a sure fit onto existing stair treads and because of this the fabricator was easily able to provide durable safety stairs for the Pirtle Springs Water Treatment Plant.

Twenty (20) customized solid plate aluminum safety stairs were ordered to the exact dimensions and then shipped directly to the Pirtle Springs Water Treatment plant within two weeks of the order.  SlipNOT® supplied the safety stairs with risers and nosings as well so that the safety stairways would be completely enclosed not allowing pollutants or contaminants to fall through.

The Impact:

Not only did the safety stairs instantly eliminate the slippery environment, they also served as a solution for the contaminants that fell through the stairs.  The SlipNOT® aluminum safety stairs were installed with ease and created a safe and visually appealing stair case.