Effect of Floor Coatings on Slip-Resistance of Safety Shoes

Slippery flooring often leads to unintentional slips and falls, which results in traumatic injuries. To reduce slipping risks, adequate traction at the shoe contact is essential. In addition, viscous slippery contaminants like water or oil a floor’s performance increase hazards. this work, effect of commonly available protective floor coatings on safety-labelled shoes was extensively studied. The study included three coatings, namely acid-based etchant coating, epoxy paint, polyurethane, were tested across five safety shoes. coated floorings using robotic slip-testing device dry presence machine oil—as separate contaminants. application produced varying surface roughness for flooring. Significant generated by coating flooring, wet polyurethane all conditions. A comparison uncoated showed high effectiveness generating with both oily are novel anticipated provide valuable guidelines selection slip-resistant different floorings, risks related falls.