DISH WASHING ROOM - SAFER WITH BELZONA SYSTEM

KHIA ID: 439
Industry: General Industry (GIND)
Application: FPA-Floor Problem Areas (FPA)
Substrate: Light beige seamless epoxy type non-slip flooring material. Despite its surface roughness floor extremely slippery when wet.
Customer Location: Extended Care Facility - British Columbia, Canada.
Application Date: November 1, 2001
Products:

Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal)


Problem: Hospital dish washing area and store room were a constant safety problem because of wet floors. It was determined that the prevention of a single compensation claim would be more than sufficient to justify the cost of the complete application.
Photograph Descriptions
  1. Preparation underway using a special silicon carbide grinding tool and template
  2. Hospital opted for various different ‘chevron’ style patterns to help break up the areas
  3. Another view of application with a different pattern
Application Situation
Safety system required in care centre dishwashing room. Total area completed approximately 700 sqare feet.
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet FPA-8.
Belzona Facts
This application came about as a result of the success of other Belzona Non-Slip Safety applications completed within the same organization over the past 10 years. All are still in service with no maintenance required over this time period.