Understanding Pedestrian Slipping PDF – by Dr Malcolm Bailey
Understanding Pedestrian Slipping is a comprehensive guide designed to help those responsible for floor safety in public and private spaces.
Authored by Dr. Malcolm Bailey, this document explores the causes of pedestrian slips, particularly in wet conditions, focusing on the role of friction and surface interactions. With practical insights on testing methods and safety standards, it equips facility managers, engineers, and safety officers with the knowledge to prevent accidents and maintain safe walking environments. Dr. Malcolm Bailey is a renowned and well-respected expert in floor safety and slip resistance, with decades of experience in research and industry standards development.
Pedestrian slipping accidents cost the UK over £1 billion each year.
In addition, the victims of such accidents often receive life changing injuries as they tend to land heavily on the base of their spine and can suffer irreparable nerve damage. The sad thing is that many of these accidents are avoidable if only those who are responsible for specifying and maintaining floors understood why such slips take place. This booklet has been written to bring such understanding to those who have such a responsibility including those responsible for the general safety of the building’s occupants.
Pedestrian slipping is all about friction. Many people can remember being taught about friction at school in physics lessons. In the first chapter the fundamental aspects of the subject as it relates to pedestrian slipping will be described. Subsequent chapters discuss the problems when water or another lubricant becomes involved and the complications this introduces in measuring the resistance a particular surface may provide against a pedestrian slipping over.
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