Greasy floors, kitchen knives, and boiling hot liquid do not make a good combination, but here we are. Here’s why you need to slip-proof the floors in your restaurant.
Whether it’s the kitchen or the seating area, greasy or wet floors pose a substantial risk of slips and falls that can endanger both the patrons and staff in your restaurant. At best, these accidents result in minor injuries, but the consequences of serious injuries often involve costly legal fees and negative public impressions that bring down the reputation of your business. Hence, ensuring the usage of anti-slip floor coating for restaurants is essential.
What’s On The News
Kitchen worker suffered burns from spilled soup due to slippery floor.
This news story highlights an incident that took place in October 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan. The man in the video is seen slipping on the restaurant kitchen’s greasy floors, falling right into the puddle of hot soup he spilled from the accident, and sustaining minor burns as a result.
This tragedy serves as a reminder of the significance of safety at work – ensuring that every nook and corner of the restaurant, including the back kitchen, is fitted with suitable safety equipment to prevent mishaps and injuries.
Hong Kong celebrity’s brother injured in fall while working at a restaurant.
Hong Kong news reported that an unconscious restaurant worker who slipped and fell while working was identified as the late Cantopop idol Anita Mui’s brother. Source: https://www.sohu.com/a/658649438_412286
Just earlier this year on March 24th, Mui Kai-ming, the brother of the late Cantopop star Anita Mui, suffered an accidental fall while on duty at a chicken rice restaurant in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. He lost consciousness upon impact, and was sent to Ruttonjee Hospital for treatment. The police were involved, and they classified this incident as an “industrial accident.”
Fortunately, there’s an easy and reliable solution to slip-proof your premises; anti-slip floor coatings are proven to improve safety at work and keep accidents at bay by boosting the traction of your restaurant floors, effectively lowering the chances of slips and falls.
With a slip-proof floor, restaurant owners may keep customers and staff safe from accidents and protect the business from financial and legal implications.
3 Reasons to Consider Slip-proofing Your Restaurant Floor
1. Effective prevention of slip and fall.
Signboards serve as an important warning sign, but it is not enough as a safety feature.
Some of the minor repercussions from slips and falls at restaurants include scratches, bruises, and a few disgusted looks from customers. However, the major repercussions are truly worrisome for restaurant owners; broken bones, brain damage, death, and a viral video circulating on social media can cause more tangible damages than just physical injuries.
Some of the minor repercussions from slips and falls at restaurants include scratches, bruises, and a few disgusted looks from customers. However, the major repercussions are truly worrisome for restaurant owners; broken bones, brain damage, death, and a viral video circulating on social media can cause more tangible damages than just physical injuries.
2. Easy to clean or maintain.
The effect of anti-slip coatings on floors alters its reactions to physical and chemical changes that may affect maintenance routines, so it is important to choose the right coating.
Nano-G’s anti-slip coatings are formulated to prevent water and dust from sticking to the floor surfaces, substantially lowering the possibility of slips and falls. This factor offers additional benefits such as easy cleaning and improved hygiene, but more importantly, this property directly prevents bacteria and mould buildups on the tiles and in the grouts between tiles – a hygiene factor that many restaurants severely underestimate as some of these bacteria and mould are airborne and can pose serious health concerns.
Reducing moisture and grease on floor surfaces directly hampers the growth of bacteria and mould , lowering risks of food contamination which can result in foodborne illnesses for customers. Thus Nano-G’s anti-coating helps restaurants to maintain a clean and safe environment for food preparation and services.
3. Protect your business from unwanted lawsuits.
In a restaurant, slip-proofing the floors can help tremendously in avoiding lawsuits that arise from slip and fall accidents – which can cost a lot of money and lead to a public relations crisis, eventually damaging your business’ reputation, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.
Customers and staff who suffer injuries as a result of a slip and fall accident that happened in your restaurant are entitled to seek compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages. In contrast, anti-slip floor coating for restaurants is only a small investment that saves business owners from many potential crises and unforeseen liabilities.
Conclusion
All in all, anti-slip floor coating for restaurants are essential for maintaining the safety of both customers and employees. By improving the floor tractions with superior coatings like Nano-G’s Anti-Slip Floor Coating, business owners can minimise slips and falls – reducing the chances of these accidents to almost zero.
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