Community non-slip solutions from Grip Guard

GRIP GUARD ANTI-SLIP TREATMENT is helping to protect our community against the risk of slip-fall injuries with its revolutionary treatment that helps make slippery floors non slip!

The Government, as well as every property owner, has a legal responsibility to ensure that no individual suffers a slip fall accident on their property because of owner negligence. Ignoring the problem is negligence!

The largest Australian settlement for a single slip and fall accident is believed to be $2.75 million. This may be small compared to some American cases but pedestrian safety does not appear to have been considered as a component in life cycle costing studies. There is an international trend towards requiring all accessible paths of travel to have a slip-resistant surface. There is a growing demand for safer pedestrian surfaces, particularly among the elderly and the disabled. All flooring surfaces should meet the current Australian and New Zealand Standard for Slip Resistance of Pedestrian Surfaces (AS/NZS3661.2:1994) Grip Guard Anti Slip operators utilise ASM slip meters to assess the risks caused by unsafe floor surfaces.

Prevention of the causes of slip/fall injuries would result in a significant reduction in the A$3 billion annual cost of fall injuries and reduce the pain and suffering caused by this accidents. In Australia, approximately 85% of falls are preventable.

Grip Guard Anti-Slip offers a free slip resistance assessment to those who believe they are at risk of slip fall injuries on their property. The elderly at are the greatest risk of slip fall injuries in our community.

Falls and fall-related injuries in Australia caused 45,000 people over the age of 65 years to be hospitalised in 1998, averaging 11 days of hospital care for a total of 486,484 hospital bed days (Cripps and Jarman, 2001)

Falls are also one of the most reported incidents in hospitals, with 38% of all patient incidents in Australia involving a fall (The Joanna Briggs Institute, 1998)

The estimated health care cost associated with falls among older Australians is more than $406 million annually (Mathers and Penm, 19990. As the population continues to age, the number of people presenting at the hospital with slip fall injury accidents is expected to rise.

Grip Guard is proud to consult with and assist Australian government bodies who share in the common goal of protecting Australia's aged population.