by Site Mender | Jun 8, 2022 | Floor Safety
The Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention Symposium will take place on September 25-26, 2023, at the Hurst Conference Center in Hurst, Texas. We will feature a variety of subject matter experts within four industry segments to include Foodservice/Hospitality, Retail/Grocery,...
by Site Mender | Apr 29, 2022 | Floor Safety
A definition revision in: B101.1 Test Method for Measuring the Wet SCOF of Hard-Surface Walkways and B101.3 Test Method for Measuring the Wet DCOF of Hard Surface Walkways. The B101.1 and B101.3 subcommittees are proposing a revision to the definition of Slip...
by Site Mender | Mar 1, 2022 | Floor Safety News
Jeff Cross, the ISSA Media Director interviewed Russ Kendzior in February. Russ Kendzior is the founder and chairman of the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) and knows there are no winners in litigation that is estimated at approximately $150 billion annually. In...
by NFSI | Jan 7, 2022 | Floor Safety News
2020 CPSC’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) collects current injury data associated with consumer products from U.S. hospital emergency departments across the country. Consisting of a national probability sample of hospitals of differing...
by Site Mender | Oct 29, 2021 | Floor Safety News
Russell Kendzior and the National Floor Safety Institute are featured in the October 29th issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. The article is titled “The Slip-and-Fall King Wants to Save You From Your Next Wipeout” By Peter Andrey Smith. The article highlights the battles...
by Site Mender | May 18, 2021 | Floor Safety News
The NFSI B101.3 Test Method for Measuring the Wet DCOF of Hard Surface Walkways is now a referenced standard in the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) Concrete Coating Texture Standard, Classification of Concrete Coating Finish Textures. The Scope of the CTS-1...
by Site Mender | Apr 27, 2021 | Floor Safety News
Elevate Ethics, a Los Angeles-based company creates virtual reality simulations where the user chooses their own adventure style games for the purpose of teaching both ethics and empathy to members of organizations. Their newest project, Safety Training in Virtual...
by Site Mender | Apr 6, 2021 | Floor Safety News
Over 40 organizations participated in a group letter on older adult falls funding to secure support for FY22 funding increases. The letter sent to Labor-HHS Appropriations leaders asks that this funding be part of the FY22 Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies...
by Site Mender | Mar 15, 2021 | Floor Safety
The revised B101.0 Walkway Surface Auditing Procedure for the Measurement of Walkway Surface Traction is now available for purchase. The purpose of this standard provides the technical procedures for performing a walkway surface traction audit and measuring the...
by Site Mender | Mar 11, 2021 | Floor Safety News
Overview Traditionally, a hierarchy of controls has been used as a means of determining how to implement feasible and effective control solutions. Hierarchy of controls is a national initiative called Prevention through Design (PtD) lead by NIOSH to prevent or reduce...
