Everything is the same...unless it is different

Everything is the same, unless it is different…

My college football coach used to say this phrase all the time and I am confident he was not referring to slip and falls…

Slip and Falls have historically been the leading or one of the leading causes of both workplace and third-party liability claims. Industry Reports indicate slip and fall accidents cost 30-40% more than the average claim and equate to more missed workdays than all other causes. While OSHA and safety product suppliers have taken steps to attempt to reduce these numbers by increasing the Coefficient of Friction (COF) of floors or slip resistant shoes, a nickel size spot of water still changes everything.

The leading cause of slip and fall accidents is due to the fact the employee or injured party never saw the invisible (water) hazard. Red Alert Floor Coating is a patented product that safeguards floors with a unique coating that turns (invisible) spills into a reddish color—instantly pointing out where to avoid wet floor spots. Common sense would tell most people to avoid visible spills and hazards and the potential harm it could cause. However, when common sense fails, an open and obvious defense can mitigate those damages. Red Alert stands guard 24/7 as a risk management and loss control tool to reduce workplace and third-party liability accidents due to invisible water hazards.

OSHA has provided the industry with a calculator employers can utilize to estimate the cost of their slip and fall. With slip and falls causing injuries ranging from contusions to multiple physical injuries, those equate to indirect costs ranging from $30,000 to $86,000 requiring an employer to generate $1 million to $2.9 million in additional sales to cover those costs.

So, if “$afety Pays” per OSHA, what is the cost of Red Alert? Red Alert is a turn-key product designed to replace the existing floor coating with no additional equipment or supplies required. Red Alert requires half the number of applications as most traditional floor coatings, and it does not require annual striping once it is applied thereby becoming more cost effective than existing floor maintenance and cleaning processes from a labor and materials standpoint.

What does this mean for employers?

Slip and falls no longer need to be a cost of doing business…unless everything is the same.

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