Your pets are part of the family. Therefore, it's important to consider them in the accessibility of your home. Every year, vets must treat many pets with injuries from serious slips on sleek floors. Dogs and cats' paws aren't made to walk and run on sleek, hard surfaces. Many pets struggle to walk and run on slippery floors and this can lead to dangerous falls. Especially, tiles, vinyl and laminate flooring, as well as stairs can lead to slips, slides and falls. It's important to keep your four-legged friends in mind when it comes to the flooring in your home....

Did you know that tiles, including porcelain, marble and granite tiles, in your home or workplace can be a safety hazard? If not treated correctly, tiles are especially slippery, when wet and dry, and can lead to severe slips and falls. It is important to understand the risk involved to anyone, including children and the elderly, using areas with untreated tiles. Luckily, there are a number of ways to make tiles slip-proof. Not only can you improve traction by adding slip-resistant materials to your floors, but you can also invest in a variety of non-slip tile coating products.Tiled floors should...

Whether you are aware of it or not, it is possible that your business or home has a problem which should be addressed. The National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) states that falls result in over 8 million visits to the emergency rooms each year and are the leading cause of these prompt trips to the ER. More specifically, 21.3% of these total visits are due to falls! Falls caused by slips result in 12% of these falls—staggering statistics which might have you second-guessing the way that you approach day-to-day functionality in your home and workplace. Take Action While these numbers can seem...

Slips, trips, and falls account for a large number of injuries, personal suffering, and company loss each year.  Therefore, it’s important to ensure that the surfaces beneath your feet are as safe as possible should be a top priority. While some precautions such as “wet floor” signs may seem the simplest to implement, chemists and other SlipDoctors experts have developed far more effective solutions. What The Numbers Say The National Council on Aging says that falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older adults in the United States. However, injuries due to slips, trips, and falls affect more than...

Workplace injuries can result in devastating results—a simple fall can mean tragic, disabling injuries and lawsuits that will break the bank of any small business. However, personal suffering and company mayhem can be avoided by taking steps to improve the safety of surfaces at your business locations. For example, you might consider the use of non-slip coatings and paints, which are easy to apply, quick-drying, and result in improved traction beneath your employees’ feet. Safety tapes are another option you may want to use in certain places around your operation - available in a variety of widths, colors, and patterns,...