What are the benefits to your facility? Consider these calculations: The average workers’ compensation claim from a slip or fall is almost $48,000, and the average retail price of a pair of SureWerx cleats is $30. If just one accident is prevented each year, a company can outfit 1,600 employees with a pair of ice cleats and break even on costs, says Curt Ranum, business development manager at SureWerx.
“One of our largest and oldest customers is a railroad operator here in the United States, and they outfit 50,000 outdoor workers with our ice cleats at $30 per pair,” he says.
“So they are spending a lot of money on traction, but think what they’ve received back in accident prevention savings—medical, lost time, workers’ compensation, all the things that contribute to the cost of a slip and fall,” Ranum says. “They are so far ahead of their savings every year that the program pays for itself many times over just by preventing accidents.”
Of course, not all slips and falls happen outside a facility. A worker may track ice, snow or water in from the outside, making the floors inside dangerously slick.
Ensuring you have nonslip flooring mats is a good way to safeguard your facility from the dangers of floor moisture, and so are SureWerx’s Due North Indoor/Outdoor Spikeless Traction Aids, which feature specially designed treads that channel water away to deliver enhanced traction on wet and icy surfaces.
These products fit snugly over boots and shoes and provide an extra grip to workers frequently transitioning from outdoor to indoor surfaces without damaging a facility’s walking surface.
Outside of the winter months, items such as chemical lubricants or dust may fall on the facility floor, making it dangerous to walk on. SureWerx’s Spikeless Traction Aids can help in those scenarios, too, ensuring your workers don’t slip and become needlessly injured, Ranum says.
“I work a lot of safety trade shows, and I talk to a lot of safety officers, and it’s just endless the number of different things you hear about that wind up on the facility floor as a byproduct of whatever manufacturing process is underway,” he says.
The traction aids have 22 patented high-visibility chevrons per pair that are strategically placed to increase grip and reduce the risk of slips and falls.
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