ASTM F1240-89(1995)e1
(Guide)Standard Guide for Ranking Footwear Bottom Materials on Contaminated Walkway Surfaces According to Slip Resistance Test Results
Standard Guide for Ranking Footwear Bottom Materials on Contaminated Walkway Surfaces According to Slip Resistance Test Results
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1.1 This guide describes a method for ranking slip resistance test results of footwear bottom materials on contaminated walkway surfaces.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F 1240 – 89 (Reapproved 1995)
Standard Guide for
Categorizing Results of Footwear Slip Resistant
Measurements on Walkway Surfaces with an Interface of
Various Foreign Substances
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1240; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
e NOTE—Editorial corrections were made throughout in August 1998.
1. Scope certain work environments where the presence of specific
foreign materials often cause slip and fall accidents. The guide
1.1 This guide is intended primarily to assist in the selection
is also intended to assist employers or employees and others in
of work footwear where the presence of foreign materials may
selecting work footwear appropriate for their work environ-
produce the danger of a slip or a fall.
ment.
1.2 Also, this guide may be useful in the selection of
4.2 When the conditions are such that foreign materials can
footwear for certain surfaces where slip resistance is of specific
come between shoe bottoms and a walkway surface in a work
interest.
environment, when constant cleaning is unfeasible, and when
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
the walkway surface material cannot be modified to control the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
danger of a slip or a fall, efforts should be made to identify and
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
use footwear with slip resistant qualities that will reduce the
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
hazard potential in this environment.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.3 This type of slip hazard is often found in manufacturing
2. Referenced Documents
and maintenance processes and service industries where for-
eign materials are frequently present on walkway surfaces.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Examples include food preparation and processing areas,
F 802 Guide for Selection of Certain Walkway Surfaces
rendering operations, transportation, and cargo handling activi-
When Considering Footwear Traction
ties.
3. Summary of Guide
5. Procedure
3.1 Foreign materials on a walkway surface often cause slip
5.1 The presence of foreign materials on walkway surfaces
and fall accidents. Although the foreign material should be
often causes people to slip. Most foreign materials, if present
removed, it is not always easy to remove the material continu-
on a walkway, will lower slip resistance for most footwear. A
ously in a work environment where the very work operation is
foreign material in contact with a shoe and a walkway presents
the cause of the presence of foreign material being on the
two additional surfaces; the top of the foreign material mating
walkway surface. In some cases, footwear bottoms are made of
with the bottom of the shoe sole, and the bottom of foreign
materials that are superior to others for purposes of slip
material mating with the walkway surface. The ideal approach
resistance when specific foreign substances interface between
to reduce slipping on walkways is to eliminate the two
the shoe bottom and the walkway surface.
additional surfaces caused by the presence of the foreign
3.2 This guide sets forth a format for categorizing the
material.
relative degree of slip resistance that can be expected when
footwear with certain bottom materials is interfaced with a
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