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Walkway Safety Audit

A Walkway Safety Audit is the process of testing and evaluating the existing floors in a facility. First a detailed interview with the facility manager

is done and all concerns that the company may want addressed are

noted.Then the auditor will create or use an existing site plan of the facility.The auditor will then proceed to assign risk categorys to the area's that contain hard floor surfaces such as concrete, vct, tile, terrazzo, etc after the risk category's are assigned then each area will be tested in accordance to the NFSI/ANSI B-101.0 Auditing Guidelines. A detailed written report along with all s.c.o.f. readings will be forwarded to the facility manager where the information will be used to help identify possible slip, trip and fall hazards.

Baseline Safety Audit

Architects and facility managers will find this audit to be extremely helpful when used before commissioning a building. The Baseline Audit is designed to be performed under the same guidelines as the walkway safety audit but apply's to either new facility's or new flooring in an existing facility.The Baseline Audit will allow a written baseline s.c.o.f. reading of the floors before they receive traffic on them. This helps the architect by the fact that it shows a documented report with the baseline s.c.o.f. readings of the floor before any pedestrian traffic or cleaners and maintaners influence the floors slip resistance. The baseline numbers can then be compared to the facility's current s.c.o.f. readings and work as a benchmark to determine if current cleaning and maintenance procedures are increasing or decreasing the floors current s.c.o.f. readings. This puts the responsibility on the tenant of the building to maintain the baseline s.c.o.f. readings of the floor.

Floor Maintenance Audit

This audit is conducted in the same manner as the walkway safety audit, but can be modified to test specific area's of interest where cleaning procedures need to be monitored as to their effectiveness. Many cleaning and maintenance company's will pay to have their cleaning process or cleaning chemicals tested in order to show its effectiveness. Many corporations will audit or test their floors to determine whether or not the floors within their facility's are being cleaned properly by either their employee's or their outside maintenance company. Today it is common when a slip and fall incident occurs that both the facility and it's maintenance company is held liable in a court of law. Having a documented report of your floors s.c.o.f. readings could make the difference between winning or losing a slip and fall lawsuit.

Risk Analysis Audit

This audit conducted for the sole purpose to identify the slip resistance of a floor or floors within a facility that may present a risk to employee's or potential customers. This audit would help expose any potential risk of liability on the bank or commercial realtor that may have the property for sale or offering financing for the building.The audit may prove that the existing floors within a facility may not be considered appropriate for the application or business that may be looking to either rent or purchase the building.

Insurance Audit

Insurance company's who wish to to identify their liability risk when issueing a policy with potential clients can now have the potential clients floors tested before issueing the policy. The floors current risk assessment can then be used to determine the insurance company's liability exposure and the premium can be adjusted accordingly.This also allows the insurance company to give the potential client the option of raising the floors s.c.o.f. readings to an acceptable level or to pay a higher premium due to the higher risk factor.Why should insurance company's continue to spend billions of dollars on slip and fall claims when most could be identified and corrected by requiring regular audits to be performed and reported to the company's as a proactive approach to one of its leading causes of claims being filed.