Wrong cleaning product causes mayhem!

A precision equipment manufacturing company moved into a new office that had linoleum floors, immediately slipping accidents started to happen on one floor at an alarmingly high rate.

After puzzling over the problem, the health and safety advisor contacted the cleaning product supplier for advice, but the supplier couldn't figure out what was happening either, as their product was not known to cause such problems. Eventually the advisor spoke with the cleaner and discovered that she was using regular washing up liquid to clean the floors with as the substance she was suppose to use was stored downstairs and it was "inconvenient" for her to go down and get it!

The offending floor was immediately cleaned using the right product and the slip resistance of the floor improved instantly.

Needless to say, the floor cleaning substance is now stored on each floor in the building so the cleaner never resorts to using washing up liquid again.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Slips and tripshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/index.htm
  2. The lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/law.htm
  3. Frequently asked questions https://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/faq.htm
  4. Overview - Are you a?https://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/are-you.htm
  5. Employerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/employers.htm
  6. Employeehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/workers.htm
  7. Architect or designerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/architects.htm
  8. Overview - Causes and preventionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/preventing.htm
  9. Overview - Contaminationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/cleancampaign.htm
  10. Cleaninghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/cleaning.htm
  11. Flooringhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/flooring.htm
  12. Overview - Footwearhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/footprocure.htm
  13. Supplying slip-resistant footwearhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/manufactfoot.htm
  14. Environmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/environment.htm
  15. People (human factors)https://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/human-factors.htm
  16. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/information.htm
  17. Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/publications.htm
  18. Overview - Toolshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/tools.htm
  19. STEP eLearning packagehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/step/index.htm
  20. Overview - Slips Assessment Tool (SAT)https://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/sat/index.htm
  21. Using SAThttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/sat/default.htm
  22. Research reportshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/research.htm
  23. Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/casestudies.htm
  24. Campaignshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/campaigns.htm
  25. Useful linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/links.htm
  26. Audio and videohttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/audiovideo.htm
  27. Subscribehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/ebulletin/index.htm
  28. Slips and trips: Hazard spotting checklisthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ck4.pdf
  29. Assessing the slip resistance of flooringhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/geis2.pdf
  30. Preventing slips and trips at work - INDG 225 (rev1)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg225.pdf
  31. Slips and trips mapping toolhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/assets/docs/mappingtool.pdf
  32. HSE Bookshttps://books.hse.gov.uk//

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2021-06-03