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SATRA publishes slip resistance guide

28/09/2010
Specialist leather and footwear research and testing organisation SATRA has published a new guide to slip resistance. The organisation says the guide will be useful for everyone in the supply chain for safety, protective and occupational footwear in the European market, but it will also be of interest to companies making flooring materials.

The guide contains user-friendly information on footwear and floorings considerations, risk assessment, factors influencing slip risk, legislative requirements and considerations for buyers.

A PDF copy of the guide can be downloaded from SATRA's online guide to personal protective equipment, which was recently launched in Shanghai. A link to the relevant page is here slip resistance guide.

SATRA designed and built the first prototype laboratory-based slip testing rig 30 years ago. The technology centre also developed test method TM144 for the machine’s operation. Since the work on the original prototype, the machine and test method have been the subject of continuous improvement. In 2004, the European standard EN 13287 for slip resistance of safety footwear was published and ISO adopted this method.

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