According to
statistic published by the National Safety Council (a non-profit, non-governmental,
international public service organization dedicated to protecting life and
promoting health), slips and falls are a leading cause of unintentional injury
in the United States. This is supported by the fact that more than 1 million
Americans, most of who are over the age of 60, have sought emergency room
treatment for such accidental falls; a growing number of these accidents are
occurring in retail stores, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and office
buildings. Wet floor signs are mandatory for any business establishment.
Over the last
decade, slip and fall accident rates have more than doubled and this is
becoming a major concern to US retailers, for example it has been estimated
that one of the major retailers, is sued on average once every two hours, totaling thousands of lawsuits each year - many of these being for slips and
falls1; one such lawsuit cost approximately $545,000.2
The escalation in
the number of such accidents shows that existing methods of wet floor, accident
prevention - portable warning signs that are only erected after someone alerts
management - are obviously not adequate.
The need therefore exists
for a more proactive slip and fall prevention strategy.
There are many ways to point direction to a wet floor and the first one is a wet floor sign. To be more particular, the best types of wet floor signs should catch attention very easily. The banana cone is a wet floor sign that's shaped like a banana. This is something that will catch the eye of a customer and help the customer know that a wet floor is present. Now this is a banana that PREVENTS slipping! www.bananaproducts.com
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