Metal grating, chequer plate, and decorative metal walkways are widely used in UK industrial, marine, and architectural environments. Slip performance depends on surface pattern, coating, and contamination type.
Metal floor slip performance depends on both the pattern (chequer, diamond, bar grating) and the surface coating (galvanised, painted, powder-coated, anodised). Identical patterns with different coatings can produce dramatically different PTV.
Metal floors are particularly vulnerable to PTV drops under oil or grease contamination — common in industrial environments. Wet water testing is the standard, but we can test with specific contaminants where needed.
Elevated metal walkways, gantries, and plant-room floors are high-consequence zones — a slip on an elevated walkway can produce severe injury. Testing is part of mature industrial safety management.
Substantially. Identical chequer-plate patterns with galvanised, painted, or powder-coated finishes can produce dramatically different PTV values.
Yes — elevated metal walkways are routinely tested. Slip events here are high-consequence, so documentation is especially valuable.
Yes — for industrial environments we can test with specific contaminants (oil, grease, lubricants) rather than only water.
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