Why your facility needs to prevent slips with umbrella bag dispensers

Did you know that slips and falls are responsible for about 20% of all workplace injuries in Australia and are the second leading cause of unintentional injury and death after traffic accidents globally?

A common cause of slips are wet floors caused by dripping umbrellas carried by people that have just come inside out of the rain. While entrance matting helps to dry the soles of shoes, wet umbrellas can be carried far beyond the entrance lobby leaving a trail of drips that makes floors and stairs very slippery creating the potential risk of slips and falls.

According to a compensation lawyer, ‘Negligence or bad building design contribute to the majority of slips, trips and falls. Many result in serious injuries or death. When experts investigate why some accidents happened, they often find that they could have been prevented’ (Taylor & Scott).

Wet floors caused by water dripping off wet umbrellas is a foreseeable and preventable hazard which has the potential for serious injury and expensive liability claims. The placement of a Wet Umbrella Bag Dispenser at every entrance door is a simple and convenient way to help prevent dripping umbrellas from making floors wet, mouldy and slippery.

How They Work...

• Place wet umbrella wrapper at the entrance way.
• Pop umbrella into a bag.
• Pull wrapped umbrella towards you through the slot to release bag.
• Bag clings to wet umbrella.
• Keep walking - with no drips!