Safety Flooring

Safety flooring is a type of resilient flooring designed to reduce the risk of slips, trips, and falls, especially in environments where spillages, moisture, or contaminants are common. It is most commonly used in commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial settings, and sometimes in domestic settings like bathrooms or wet rooms.

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Safety Flooring

Key Features of Safety Flooring:

Slip Resistance - Safety flooring typically has a pendulum test value (PTV) of ≥36, which indicates low slip potential (even when wet). Achieves R10 to R12 ratings on the ramp test (DIN 51130 standard), depending on the grade.
Non-Slip Particles - Embedded carborundum, quartz, or aluminium oxide grains provide long-term slip resistance. These are throughout the wear layer, not just on the surface.
Hygienic and Easy to Clean - Usually coved up walls and welded at seams to allow for thorough cleaning. Often includes antimicrobial or fungistatic properties, ideal for healthcare settings.
Durable and Resilient - Designed to withstand heavy traffic and impact. Typically made from vinyl (PVC) with a wear layer for protection.
Waterproof and Impervious - Commonly used in wet rooms, kitchens, changing rooms, and care homes.

Applications:
Hospitals and care homes
Commercial kitchens
Bathrooms and wet rooms
Schools and nurseries
Public toilets and changing areas

Leading brands of safety flooring you can find on Flooring Hut:

Altro - Specifically their ranges: Aquarius; Classic 25; ContraX; Marine; Pisces; Walkway 20 and Stronghold 30 
Polyflor - Specifically their ranges: Polysafe Standard; Polysafe Apex; Polysafe Hydro; Polysafe Verona and Polysafe Quattro
Tarkett - Specifically their ranges: Safetred Universal; Granit Safe.T and Primo Safe.T
Gerflor - Specifically their ranges: Tarasafe Standard; Tarasafe Ultra H20; Tarasafe Impression and Tarasafe Plus
Forbo - Specifically their ranges: Surestep and Safestep

Safety Floors
Why are safety floors so important? According to the HSE, in the UK one person dies every week from a slip, trip or fall and every 25 minutes someone breaks or fractures a bone at work. Flooring Hut features some of the very best safety flooring from leading manufacturers. Most safety floors are problematic in terms of recycling but through innovation and investment, many of the floors featured here can be recycled and re-used.

Safety vinyl flooring is a vital choice for spaces in any industry that requires durable and slip-resistant flooring, from education to healthcare and more. Step safety vinyl flooring is engineered to reduce the risk of slips and falls in both high-traffic and wet environments where the risk is higher. Safety is paramount, which is why slip resistance is a key component of every style in the ranges. Many of the colourways are available across a range of slip resistances at 2.00mm gauge, supporting functional and integrated flooring schemes. Check that your chosen safety flooring meets all European and HSE safety norms, delivering safety with minimal compromise on cleaning and maintenance. Safety vinyl flooring delivers guaranteed slip-resistant performance throughout the lifetime of the product.