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How anti fatigue floor matting improves productivity
Cushioned industrial floor matting is a low-cost preventive for foot and lower leg aches, pains, and muscular cramps.Additionally, the matting but has the added advantage of improving workplace safety by greatly reducing the potential for slips and falls. The anti fatigue floor provides an abrasion resistant cushioned surface that permits items like oil and other fluid to drain through.
Most industrial matting is modular and is designed either for wet or dry environments. Mats for use in low temperatures or that are flame resistant or static dissipative also are available. Matting is usually made of vulcanized or nitrile rubber, Zedlan foam, or vinyl or urethane bonded to a PVC sponge base. Many users believe that Zedlan foam offers the best balance of softness and resilience for dry environments. You will want to use molded rubber mats in demanding wet conditions where chemicals and caustic substances are present because they stand up better to these conditions. Anti-fatigue matting works by causing you to make natural yet imperceptible flexing of the muscles as your body makes adjustments to keep a balanced position. As your muscles tense and relax, blood and oxygen flow back to the heart, and the buildup of lactic acid, which causes fatigue, is reduced. There are literally hundreds of mats on the market, which can make selection difficult. However, safety professionals seem to agree that only matting for wet areas presents a challenge. In dry work areas, nearly any anti-fatigue mat will do the job. The major consideration, therefore, becomes its estimated in-use life, which often is a function of how much you pay for it. In general, employers selecting antislip, anti-fatigue matting should not rely on manufacturer's claims but rather should test selected products on their own floors under real working conditions. You can't get a good judge of the matting from reading a description.There isn't a good standard to judge them by either. The best method to decide on the proper anti fatigue matting is to get samples or purchase samples and test them yourself.This will give you a true sense of what the mats can or can't do.OSHA standards do not exist.Even if they did, there is no way to determine the specific conditions of your work place compared to others.
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