oSIST prEN 15673-1:2007
(Main)Determination of slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Method of evaluation - Part 1: Reference method
Determination of slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Method of evaluation - Part 1: Reference method
This document describes a reference method incorporating three procedures for the determination in the laboratory of the slip resistance of floorings in the three most commonly encountered situations in which pedestrians walk (normal flooring, barefoot, and industrial situations).
It specifies a laboratory reference method based on the subject-based inclined ramp method against which other test methods, which are able to be used in both, laboratory and on site, are compared. The method of validation is set out in prEN 15673-2. If the required degree of correlation is given between one of those test methods and the reference method, that method will be put forward as prEN 15673-2 a acceptable slip test method.
The reference method is subdivided in three procedures:
- Procedure 1: Floorings where heel slip in wet conditions and the pedestrian is wearing shoes is the normal mode of pedestrian slip.
NOTE 1 This procedure is based on Four S rubber test shoes with water as the contaminant.
- Procedure 2: Floorings where heel slip in wet conditions when the pedestrian is barefoot is the normal mode of pedestrian slip.
NOTE 2 This procedure is based on barefoot testing and water as the contaminant.
- Procedure 3: Floorings where sole slip in contaminated conditions when the pedestrian is wearing profiled rubber soled shoes is the normal mode of pedestrian slip, for example construction, and industrial work areas.
NOTE 3 This procedure is based on profiled rubber test shoes with engine oil as the contaminant.
This Standard does not cover sports surfaces and road surfaces for vehicles (skid resistance).
Bestimmung der Rutschhemmung von Fußböden - Ermittlungsverfahren - Teil 1: Referenzmethode
Détermination de la résistance à la glissance des surfaces piétonnières - Méthode d'évaluation - Partie 1 : Méthode de référence
Le présent document (prEN 15673-1) décrit une méthode de référence comportant trois modes opératoires destinés à la détermination en laboratoire de la résistance à la glissance des revêtements de sol dans les trois cas de figure les plus fréquemment rencontrés dans le cas des piétons (revêtements de sol normaux, pieds nus, et domaine industriel) .
Il spécifie une méthode de référence de laboratoire fondée sur la méthode avec opérateur sur un plan incliné à laquelle d’autres méthodes d’essai, qui peuvent être utilisées à la fois en laboratoire et sur site, sont comparées. La méthode de validation est présentée dans le prEN 15673-2 (WI 00339003). Si l’on obtient le niveau de corrélation requis entre l’une de ces méthodes d’essai et la méthode de référence, ladite méthode sera utilisée en tant que méthode d’essai de la glissance sous la référence prEN 15673-2 (WI 00339003).
La méthode de référence est subdivisée en trois modes opératoires :
Mode opératoire 1 : revêtement de sol glissant dans des conditions humides, piétons chaussés : le glissement du talon constitue le mode habituel de glissance de la personne.
NOTE 1 Ce mode opératoire implique des chaussures d’essai à semelles en caoutchouc 4 S avec de l’eau comme polluant.
Mode opératoire 2 : revêtement de sol glissant dans des conditions humides, piétons non chaussés : le glissement du talon constitue le mode habituel de glissance de la personne.
NOTE 2 Ce mode opératoire implique des essais pieds nus, utilisant de l’eau comme polluant.
Mode opératoire 3 : revêtement de sol glissant dans des conditions contaminées, piétons chaussés de chaussures à semelles à base de caoutchouc structuré. Le glissement de la semelle constitue le mode habituel de glissance de la personne, par exemple, zones de travail dans le bâtiment et l’industrie.
NOTE 3 Ce mode opératoire implique des chaussures d’essai à semelles en caoutchouc structuré avec de l’huile de moteur comme polluant.
Ugotavljanje odpornosti talnih površin proti zdrsu - Metoda ocenjevanja - 1. del: Referenčna metoda
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Determination of slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Method of evaluation - Part 1:
Reference method
Bestimmung der Rutschhemmung von Fußböden - Ermittlungsverfahren - Teil 1:
Referenzmethode
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15673-1
ICS:
93.080.10 Gradnja cest Road construction
oSIST prEN 15673-1:2007 en;de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 15673-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2007
ICS 93.080.10
English Version
Determination of slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Method
of evaluation - Part 1: Reference method
Bestimmung der Rutschhemmung von Fußböden -
Ermittlungsverfahren - Teil 1: Referenzmethode
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 339.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Principle.6
5 Test.6
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Foreword
This document (prEN 15673-1:2007) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 339 “Slip
resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Methods of evaluation”, the secretariat of which is held by IPQ.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
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1 Scope
This document (prEN 15673-1) describes a reference method incorporating three procedures for the
determination in the laboratory of the slip resistance of floorings in the three most commonly encountered
situations in which pedestrians walk (normal flooring, barefoot, and industrial situations).
It specifies a laboratory reference method based on the subject-based inclined ramp method against which
other test methods, which are able to be used in both, laboratory and on site, are compared. The method of
validation is set out in prEN 15673-2 (WI 00339003). If the required degree of correlation is given between
one of those test methods and the reference method, that method will be put forward as prEN 15673-2 (WI
00339003) a acceptable slip test method.
The reference method is subdivided in three procedures:
Procedure 1: Floorings where heel slip in wet conditions and the pedestrian is wearing shoes is the
normal mode of pedestrian slip.
NOTE 1 This procedure is based on Four S rubber test shoes with water as the contaminant.
Procedure 2: Floorings where heel slip in wet conditions when the pedestrian is barefoot is the normal
mode of pedestrian slip.
NOTE 2 This procedure is based on barefoot testing and water as the contaminant.
Procedure 3: Floorings where sole slip in contaminated conditions when the pedestrian is wearing profiled
rubber soled shoes is the normal mode of pedestrian slip, for example construction, and industrial work
areas.
NOTE 3 This procedure is based on profiled rubber test shoes with engine oil as the contaminant.
This Standard does not cover sports surfaces and road surfaces for vehicles (skid resistance).
NOTE 4 Any test method specified for the in situ measurement of slip resistance (prEN .15673-2 (WI 00339003))
should be suitable for use on external pedestrian surfaces and those internal pedestrian surfaces that have a reasonably
foreseeable risk of the presence of liquid contaminants, e. g. water, oil, etc. The reading given by the test apparatus
relates to the slip resistance potential of the surface tested in the test environment. It does not take into account different
shoe sole materials, characteristics of individual gaits, or other factors that may contribute to slips.
NOTE 5 The procedure 3 of the reference method is also suitable for measuring the slip resistance of gratings, profiled
surfaces and resilient surfaces that have a reasonably foreseeable risk of the presence of wet substances such as water,
grease and oil. It is also suitable for measuring profiled surfaces where the surface has been specifically manufactured to
be highly slip resistant because of the physical interlock between the profile of the surface and the profile of the shoe.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 345-1, Safety footwear for professional use — Part 1: Specification (includes Amendment A1:1997).
EN 345-2, Safety footwear for professional use — Part 2: Additional specifications.
EN 360:1993: Personal protective equipment against falls from a height – Retractable type fall arresters.
EN 361:1993: Personal protective equipment against falls from a height – Full body harnesses.
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EN ISO 868, Plastics and ebonite - Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore
hardness) (ISO 868:2003)
ISO 5725-2, Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 2: Basic method
for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method (ISO 5725-2:1994
including Technical Corrigendum 1:2002).
ISO 5725-5, Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 5: Alternative
methods for the determination of the precision of a standard measurement method (ISO 5725-5:1998).
SAE J 300:1999, Engine Oil Viscosity Classification
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply
3.1
acceptance angle
lowest angle of the inclined ramp at which the test person reaches the limit of safe walking when slipping
occurs
3.2
contaminant
material on the surface of the flooring which is not an inherent part of the flooring and which can affect the
frictional properties of that flooring.
3.3
flooring
pedestrian surface excluding road surfaces and sports surfaces
3.4
friction
intrinsic property of the two interfacing, interacting surfaces resulting from their micro- and macro-roughness,
inter- and intra-molecular forces of attraction and repulsion, and their visco-elastic properties
3.5
industrial work area
area from which the public is generally excluded, and in which there can be an increased risk of slipping on
the flooring due to a high incidence of substances such as grease, oil, water, foodstuffs, food residues, dust,
flour or vegetable waste
3.6
slip
loss of traction which can cause the test persons to lose their footing
3.7
slip resistance
a measure of dynamic friction between two surfaces in contact and which may or may not be in the presence
of a specified contaminant
NOTE The frictional force opposing movement of an object across a surface, usually with reference to the sole
(including the heel) of a shoe or to the barefoot contact area on a floor.
3.8
test person
the person who walks on the test surface or verification/calibration board
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3.9
test walk
one walking period to determine a single acceptance angle
4 Principle
Two test persons, wearing the standard test shoes or bare-footed, are used to determine the acceptance
angle, after the pedestrian surface material being tested has been continuously coated with potable water or
evenly brushed with engine oil. The test persons, each in turn, facing downhill and with an upright posture,
move forwards and backwards over the test surface, as they increase their angle of inclination, until the limit of
safe walking is reached or a slip occurs. The mean acceptance angle obtained is used to express the degree
of slip resistance. Subjective influences on the acceptance angle are limited by means of a calibration
procedure.
5 Test
5.1 Apparatus
The apparatus (Figure 1) is a level and torsion-free platform with a minimum sizes of the test surface area
(see 5.2) which can be adjusted longitudinally to gradients between 0° to 35°. The lifting speed of the drive
unit achieves a platform angular speed of maximum 1° per second, which means that at least 45 s is required
to adjust to the maximum angle of at least 35°. The lifting stroke, which can be controlled by the test person,
can be selected as a continuous movement and which allows the test person to adjust the inclination in
increments of approximately 1°. An angle indicator on the test device shall show the platform tilt away from the
horizontal plane at an accuracy of ± 0,2°. This indicator shall not be visible to the test person.
The test person shall wear personal protective equipment to be protected from falling by a full body harness
and inertia-reel fall arrest system compliant with EN 360 and EN 361 respectively; lanyards shall not be used.
The personal protective equipment shall not cause a hindrance to the test persons while walking on the test
board so that the gait used by the subjects is not affected.
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Legend
1 Safety harness and fall arrest system
2 Drive unit
3 Inclinable walkway area on which the test surface or verification board is fixed
4 Angle indicator
Figure 1 — Example of a typical test apparatus (gradient) with safety devices
5.2 Test surface
The test surface area shall be at least 100 cm × 50 cm. The test surface shall be clean and free of production
waste, solvents or compaction burrs. The test surface shall be either self-supporting, or as a self-supporting,
torsion-free platform with a level surface, or be installed on a level platform of supporting, torsion-free material.
The test area shall be clearly identifiable or marked as such.
The test surface shall be installed on the walkway area with the longest edge in the direction of walking. Test
surfaces with directional profiles or texture shall be tested in both longitudinal dir
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