FloorSlip Ltd – Head Office -
UK Specialists in H&S Approved Floor Pendulum Testing for Businesses and Expert Witness Services for Slip Injury Lawyers
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For prices starting from just (GBP) £177*, FloorSlip can Pendulum Test a wide range of new and used floor samples quickly and efficiently with a same day turn round if required of results (once samples are received / payment made).
*‘Rough’ finish floors start from GBP £227.
Testing of floor coverings in advance will ensure the floor surfaces will have the required anti-
Typical slip injury claims start from around £15,000 and are the second highest claim rate in the UK but FloorSlip are involved in claims in excess of £1 million !!. Don’t get caught -
Floor sample testing is available for domestic flooring and commercial floor installations for:
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We also test your floor with the different contaminant types you might typically find in your environment such as blood, urine, sawdust, beer, talcum powder, cooking oil, engine grease and so forth
Sample testing beforehand using the industry / HSE recognised Pendulum Testing Method conducted to BS standards (BS7976-
*‘Rough’ finish floors start from £227.
Additionally, arriving at specific Pendulum Test Values for each sample tested will give you a reasonable indication of a typical R Value that you are likely to see if you decided to conduct ramp testing using shoes show with a 96 rubber hardness or 55 rubber hardness slider or bare feet as the table below shows
FloorSlip can also conduct sample tests on used floors. We are typically asked to do this in slip injury claims where a floor has been replaced but samples of the original flooring are still available.
Floorslip can also arrange ramp testing of safety footwear for a variety of reasons but principally for the ability to prevent floor slips. Footwear can not be controlled in public places and relies on a good slip resistance flooring specification at the outset.
We typically recommend ramp testing to test non-
1. To prove the ability of a particular shoe in conjunction with specific floor types and contaminants in a definitive location -
2. To prove a shoe sole / heel combination for generic non-
Slip risks can be vastly reduced by having a combination of anti slip footwear and non slip floors, which combined and when both floor are shoe are new far exceeds the Slip Resistance Values expected by the HSE
Important Note -
PTV |
Indicative R Rating Value* |
(Pendulum Test Value) |
Shod Environments |
11 - |
R 9 |
18 - |
R 10 |
34 - |
R 11 |
51 - |
R 12 |
70 + |
R 13 |
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PTV |
Indicative A- |
(Pendulum Test Value) |
Bare Feet Environments |
21 - |
A |
32 - |
B |
45 + |
C |
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* It should be clearly understood that a full ramp test will conduct a test of a SPECIFIC floor type with a SPECIFIC shoe sole/heel material type for a SPECIFIC range of contaminants whereas the Pendulum Test Values will only read across to INDICATIVE VALUES of the DIN 51130 RAMP TEST FOR SHOD FEET and the DIN 51097 RAMP TEST FOR BARE FEET |