Benefits

The SAF-T-STEP anti-slip treatment products and anti-slip cleaners can help reduce the costs for public and private facilities by helping to reduce slip and fall accidents, lower insurance, workers comp, and medical costs, help create a barrier against claims of negligence.

Slip and fall accidents on slippery floor surfaces are a major problem for public and private businesses. According to the National Safety Council, each year in the U.S., there are over 16,000 disabling injuries. The annual cost of slip and fall accidents is greater than $75 billion dollars each year. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, all floors shall be “firm, stable, and slip resistant”. Failure to comply with the government regulations can result in significant fines.
Also, the aging populations in the world will be more susceptible to a greater occurrence of slip and falls. Type of injury and treatment resulting from the slip and falls in an older population follows:

• In 2000, nearly two thirds of the costs for nonfatal fall injuries were for those needing hospitalization. One fifth of costs were for injuries treated in emergency rooms (Stevens et al. 2006).

• Fractures were both the most common and most costly type of nonfatal injuries. Just over one third of nonfatal injuries were fractures, but they made up 61% of costs—or $12 billion (Stevens et al. 2006).

• Hip fractures are the most frequent broken bones from falls. In the United States, 44% of direct health care costs for hip fractures are for hospitalization (Barrett-Connor 1995).

• Traumatic brain injuries and injuries to the hips, legs, and feet were the most common and costly fatal fall injuries in 2000. They made up 78% of fatalities and 79% of costs (Stevens et al. 2006).

• Injuries to internal organs caused 28% of deaths and accounted for 29% of costs from fatal falls (Stevens et al. 2006).

If you are a property or hotel manager, an industry safety officer, or a supplier of floor maintenance products or services, call to learn about the SAF-T-STEP Family of Floor Safety Products and the advantages to your company.