Christian Harris, Managing Director of Slip Safety Services, explains the various factors that contribute to slip potential.  

Perhaps more than you might have thought! We recently carried out a deep clean of a leisure facility and, speaking to the manager, it reminded me of so many comments I’ve heard over the years: “I hadn’t realised how dirty the floor was” “Because it looked consistent I assumed it was clean” And, tellingly: “I’ve…

With the festivities fast approaching we have seen a huge increase in the number of shoppers heading to retail centres across the UK – but with Christmas, comes winter weather – and an increased chance of slip accidents in every store. The safety of shoppers is in the hands of the retailer, who is responsible…

Particularly in the case of tiles and stone, the most important clean this surface ever receives is its very first: the handover / construction / builder’s clean. Get this right and your floor is off to a great start: looking great and performing as it should. Get it wrong and you’ll see all sorts of…

  Managing Director of Slip Safety Services, Christian Harris, interviews Chris Gill, Head of Risk Solutions at QBE.

The evidence is overwhelming: if you want to retain and grow your membership base this January / February then you should carry out a deep clean in December. “Pound for pound, cleanliness might be the most powerful tool to maximize member satisfaction, member retention and average revenue per member in the club.” (IHRSA) “Cleanliness remains…

Christian Harris from Slip Safety Services, previously Bona Systems, explains what a pendulum test involves and measures.  

The Ministry of Justice recently confirmed that the extension of fixed recoverable costs will only cover package travel gastric illness claims, backing away from a wider fixed costs regime for holiday claims – but this announcement came with the caveat that, should numbers for Personal Injury claims climb significantly, further action will be taken. Does…

Along with System Concepts and Tillr, Slip Safety Services hosted a health & safety/risk management round table in London. Attendees included insurers, brokers, and risk management directors for blue chip clients. Here is a summary of what was discussed… A lot of people in higher positions have lost sight of the basics of risk management…

Washrooms are a perennial location of slip accidents. Several factors are at play, which we can help you to understand in detail through a Slip Safety Survey, including: Presence of water. This has been exacerbated over the years due to the rise of hand dryers in place of hand towels. In my experience, you cannot…