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Slip Resistance in Commercial & Industrial Areas
The recommendations in Table 5 (Classification Guide for Commercial and Industrial Areas) are confined to the floors of areas where contamination by friction-reducing materials might give rise to slip hazards. In connected work places with differing slip risks, where employees move from one place to the other, the floor covering of the higher classification group should be used for the entire area. If floor coverings of different slip resistance are used in connected work rooms or areas, only floor coverings of two consecutive classification groups should be used next to each other eg. Classification groups R9 and R10 or R10 and R11 etc.
The mean angle of inclination, as determined by the ramp test procedure is used to classify a floor surface into one of five classification groups. For most situations, class R13 floor surfaces provide the greatest amount of available slip resistance. For a given amount of contamination, floor surfaces with a low R9 classification would make the highest demands on the pedestrian in preventing a slip. The requirements that are given for specific work areas in Table 5 may need to be modified according to prevailing or expected operational conditions.
Work rooms and work areas where a displacement area is necessary below the walking surface., ie those that have a high quantity of expected slippery substances, are marked with a “V” together with the figure of the minium volume of displacement area. There are several designs of profiled tiles. Some will provide better mechanical entrapment of solid substances; some offer excellent drainage, where others are well suited to wheeled traffic. The roughness and any structuring of the surface will influence the cleaning properties. Consideration should also be given to relevant hygiene, safety and ergonomic requirements.
Floors must be even to avoid pools of water and to eliminate tripping hazards. Drainage can be achieved by letting the floors slope gently towards the floor drains. To facilitate cleaning it may be useful to use smooth., non profiled floor coverings along the walls up to a distance of 15cm, in corners, and under equipment that is firmly fixed to the floor. A rounded edge joint, as provided by a cove skirting between the walls and floor, is easier to clean than a right angled joint.
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Item
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Work Rooms & Work Areas
|
Classification Group of Slip Hazard
|
Minimum Displacement Volume
|
| 0 |
General work rooms and work areas |
....
|
....
|
| 0.1 |
Entrance Areas |
R9
|
....
|
| 0.2 |
Entrance Stairs |
R9
|
....
|
| 0.3 |
Social Facilities (toilets, washrooms) |
R10
|
....
|
| 1 |
Production of margarine, edible fats and oil |
....
|
....
|
| 1.1 |
Melting of fats |
R13
|
V6
|
| 1.2 |
Cooking oil refinery |
R13
|
V4
|
| 1.3 |
Margarine production and packaging |
R12
|
....
|
| 1.4 |
Cooking oil production and filling of bottles |
R12
|
....
|
| 2 |
Milk processing, cheese production |
....
|
....
|
| 2.1 |
Fresh milk processing and butter production |
R12
|
....
|
| 2.2 |
Cheese production, storage and packaging |
R11
|
....
|
| 2.3 |
Icecream production |
R12
|
....
|
| 3 |
Chocolate and confectionary production |
....
|
........
|
| 3.1 |
Sugar processing |
R12
|
........
|
| 3.2 |
Cocoa production |
R12
|
........
|
| 3.3 |
Production of raw mixtures |
R11
|
|
| 3.4 |
Production of chocolate bars, eggs and confectionary |
....
|
....
|
| 4 |
Bakery Products |
....
|
....
|
| 4.1 |
Dough preparation |
R11
|
....
|
| 4.2 |
Rooms in which mainly greasy or liquid mixtures produced |
R12
|
....
|
| 4.3 |
Washing-up rooms |
R12
|
V4
|
| 5 |
Slaugterhouse, meat processing |
....
|
....
|
| 5.1 |
Slaughterhouse |
R13
|
V10
|
| 5.2 |
Tripe processing |
R13
|
V10
|
| 5.3 |
Meat Sectioning |
R13
|
..V8..
|
| 5.4 |
Sausage Kitchen |
R13
|
..V8..
|
| 5.5 |
Boiled Sausage department |
R13
|
..V8..
|
| 5.6 |
Raw sausage department |
R12
|
.... |
| 5.7 |
Smoking room |
R12
|
.... |
| 5.8 |
Salting and curing room |
R12
|
.... |
| 5.10 |
Poultry processing |
R12
|
V6
|
| 5.11 |
Intestine Storage |
R12
|
.... |
| 5.12 |
Cold meat slicing and packaging departments |
R12
|
.... |
| 6 |
Processing of fish, delicatessen products |
....
|
.... |
| 6.1 |
Fish processing |
R13
|
V10
|
| 6.2 |
Delicatessen production |
R13
|
V6
|
| 6.3 |
mayonnaise production |
R13
|
V6
|
| 7 |
Vegetable processing |
....
|
....
|
| 7.1 |
Production of sauerkraut |
R13
|
V6
|
| 7.2 |
Vegetable tinning |
R13
|
V6
|
| 7.3 |
Sterilising rooms |
R11
|
....
|
| 7.4 |
Rooms in which vegetables are prepared for processing |
R12
|
V4
|
| 8 |
Other wet areas used for food and drink production |
....
|
.... |
| 8.1 |
Storage cellars |
R10 |
.... |
| 8.2 |
Beverage bottling, fruit juice production |
R11 |
.... |
| 9 |
Catering Establishments |
.... |
.... |
| 9.1 |
hotel and restaurant kitches |
.... |
.... |
| 9.1.1 |
Up tp 100 meals a day |
R12 |
V4 |
| 9.1.2 |
More than 100 meals a day |
R12 |
V4 |
| 9.2 |
Kichens catering for homes, schools and sanatoriums |
R11 |
.... |
| 9.3 |
Kitchens catering for hospitals and clinics |
R12 |
.... |
| 9.4 |
Large kitchens catering for indutrial and university canteens, contract catering |
R12 |
V4 |
| 9.5 |
Fast food kitchens, snack bars |
R12 |
V4 |
| 9.6 |
Kitchens for heating up frozen meals |
R10 |
.... |
| 9.8 |
Washing-up rooms |
.... |
.... |
| 9.8.1 |
Washing-up rooms for 9.1, 9.4, 9.5 |
R12 |
V4 |
| 9.8.2 |
Washing-up rooms for 9.2 |
R11 |
.... |
| 9.8.3 |
Washing-up rooms for 9.3 |
R12 |
.... |
| 9.9 |
Dining rooms, guest rooms, canteens including serving counters |
R9 |
........ |
| 10 |
Cold stores, deep freeze stores |
.... |
.... |
| 10.1 |
For unpacked goods |
R12 |
.... |
| 10.2 |
For packed goods |
R11 |
.... |
| 11 |
Sales outlets, shops |
.... |
.... |
| 11.1 |
Reception of goods, meat |
R11 |
.... |
| 11.2 |
Reception of goods, fish |
R11 |
.... |
| 11.3 |
Serving counters for unpackaged meat and sausages |
R11 |
.... |
| 11.4 |
Serving counters for packaged meat and sausages |
R10 |
.... |
| 11.5 |
Serving counters for fish |
R12 |
.... |
| 11.6 |
Meat preparation room |
R12 |
.... |
| 11.7 |
Florists shops |
R11 |
.... |
| 11.8 |
Sales areas with stationary ovens |
R11 |
.... |
| 11.9 |
Sales areas with stationary deep fryers or grills |
R12 |
V4 |
| 11.10 |
Shops, customer accessible areas |
R9 |
.... |
| 11.11 |
Preparation areas for food for self-service shops |
R10 |
.... |
| 11.12 |
Cash register areas, packing areas |
R9 |
.... |
| 11.13 |
Sales areas for unpackaged bread, cakes, pastries |
R10 |
.... |
| 11.14 |
Sales areas for unpackaged cheese and cheese products |
R10 |
.... |
| 11.15 |
Serving counters except for 11.3 to 11.5 and 11.13, 11.14 |
R9 |
.... |
| 12 |
Health service rooms |
.... |
.... |
| 12.1 |
Disinfection rooms (wet) |
R11 |
.... |
| 12.2 |
Sterilisation rooms |
R10 |
.... |
| 12.3 |
Excrement disposal rooms, unclean nursing work rooms |
R10 |
.... |
| 12.4 |
Pathological facilities |
R10 |
.... |
| 12.5 |
Hydrotherapy rooms, medical bath areas |
R11 |
.... |
| 12.6 |
Wash rooms of operating theatres, plastering rooms |
R10 |
.... |
| 12.7 |
Sanitary rooms, ward bath rooms |
R10
|
....
|
| 12.8 |
Rooms for medical diagnostics and therapy, massage rooms |
R9
|
....
|
| 12.9 |
Operating theatres |
R9
|
....
|
| 12.10 |
Wards with hospital rooms and corridors |
R9
|
....
|
| 12.11 |
Medicine practices, day clinics |
R9
|
....
|
| 12.12 |
Pharmacies |
R9
|
....
|
| 12.13 |
Laboratories |
R9
|
....
|
| 12.14 |
Hairdressing salons |
R9
|
....
|
| 13 |
Laundry |
....
|
....
|
| 13.1 |
Rooms with washing machines for washing laundry with water |
R11
|
....
|
| 13.2 |
Ironing rooms |
R9
|
....
|
| 14 |
Fodder concentrate production |
....
|
........
|
| 14.1 |
Dried fodder production |
R11
|
....
|
| 14.2 |
Fodder concentrate production using fats and water |
R11
|
V4
|
| 15 |
Leather production; textiles |
....
|
........
|
| 15.1 |
Wet areas in tanneries |
R13
|
....
|
| 15.2 |
Rooms with skimming machines |
R13
|
V10 |
| 15.3 |
Areas where leather scraps accumulate |
R13
|
V10 |
| 15.4 |
Rooms where grease is used to make leather impermeable |
R12
|
.... |
| 15.5 |
Die mill for textiles |
R11
|
.... |
| 16 |
Paint shops |
|
.... |
| 16.1 |
Wet grinding areas |
R12
|
.... |
| 17 |
Ceramic industry |
....
|
........ |
| 17.1 |
Wet grinding mills for raw material processing |
R11
|
V10
|
| 17.2 |
Mixing and handling of tar, pitch, graphite and synthetic resins |
R11
|
.... |
| 17.3 |
Pressing (shaping), with tar, pitch, graphite and synthetic resins |
R11
|
.... |
| 17.4 |
Moulding areas |
R12
|
.... |
| 17.5 |
Glazing areas |
R12
|
.... |
| 18 |
Stone glass processing |
|
.... |
| 18.1 |
Stone cutting, grinding and polishing |
R11
|
.... |
| 18.2 |
Glass shaping |
|
.... |
| 18.2.1 |
Hollow glass ware, flat glass |
R11
|
.... |
| 18.3 |
Grindery areas |
|
.... |
| 18.3.1 |
Hollow glass ware, flat glass |
R11
|
.... |
| 18.4 |
Insulating glass manufacture, handling of drying agents |
R11
|
.... |
| 18.5 |
Packaging, shipping of flat glass, handling of drying agents |
R11
|
V6
|
| 18.6 |
Etching and acid polishing facilities for glass |
R11
|
.... |
| 19 |
Cast concrete facilities |
.... |
.... |
| 19.1 |
Concrete washing areas |
R11 |
.... |
| 20 |
Storage areas |
.... |
........ |
| 20.1 |
Store rooms for oils and fats |
R12 |
V6.... |
| 21 |
Chemical and thermal treatment of iron and metal |
.... |
........ |
| 21.1 |
Pickling plants |
R12 |
.... |
| 21.2 |
Hardening ship |
R12 |
.... |
| 21.3 |
Labratory rooms |
R11 |
.... |
| 22 |
Metal processing, metal workshops |
|
.... |
| 22.1 |
Galvanising shops |
R12 |
.... |
| 22.2 |
Grey cast iron processing |
R11 |
.... |
| 22.3 |
Mechanical processing areas (e.g. turning section, press working), drawing installation (pipes, wires) and areas exposed to increased oil and lubricant contamination |
R11 |
.... |
| 22.4 |
Parts cleaning areas, exhaust steam areas |
.... |
.... |
| 23 |
Vehicles repair workshops |
.... |
.... |
| 23.1 |
Repair and servicing bays |
R11 |
.... |
| 23.2 |
Working and inspection bays |
R12 |
V4 |
| 23.3 |
Car wash areas |
R11 |
V4 |
| 24 |
Aircraft service and repair workshops |
.... |
.... |
| 24.1 |
Aircraft hangars |
R11 |
.... |
| 24.2 |
Repair hangars |
R12 |
.... |
| 24.3 |
Washing halls |
R12 |
V4 |
| 25 |
Waste water treatment plants |
.... |
.... |
| 25.1 |
Pump rooms |
R12 |
.... |
| 25.2 |
Rooms for sludge draining units |
R12 |
.... |
| 25.3 |
Rooms for screening equipment |
R12 |
.... |
| 26 |
Fire Brigade buildings |
.... |
.... |
| 26.1 |
Vehicle parking bays |
R12 |
.... |
| 26.2 |
Hose maintenance equipment rooms |
R12 |
.... |
| 27 |
Financial Institutions |
.... |
........ |
| 27.1 |
Counter areas |
R9 |
.... |
| 28 |
Garages (with exception of areas in number 0) |
.... |
.... |
| 28.1 |
Garages, multi-storey carpark, car parks |
R10 |
.... |
| 29 |
Schools and Kindergartens |
.... |
.... |
| 29.1 |
Entrance halls, corridors, assembly halls |
R9 |
........ |
| 29.2 |
Classrooms, group rooms |
R10 |
.... |
| 29.3 |
Stairs |
R10 |
.... |
| 29.4 |
Toilets, washrooms |
R10 |
.... |
| 29.5 |
Instructional kitchens in schools (see also number 9) |
R10 |
.... |
| 29.6 |
Kitchens in Kindergartens (see also number 9) |
R10 |
.... |
| 29.7 |
Machine rooms for woodworking |
R10 |
.... |
| 29.8 |
Special rooms for handicrafts |
R10 |
.... |
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Ref: HB 197:1999 - Standards Australia
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