FACTS

Floor maintenance involves using powered machinery and concentrated chemicals. Due to these two factor there are the following potential hazards of floor buffers.

• Moving parts - rotation, force
• Awkward posture
• Repetition of movement
• Noise
• Vibration
• Duration of task
• Slip/trip/fall
• Back injury
• Abrasions
• Sprains/strains
• Electrocution/ shock
• Slippery floor
• Exposure to chemicals
• Dust

STATS

• According to information available from the Consumers Product Safety Commission, on average more than 375 people per year were treated at hospitals for floor buffer injuries.
• Between 54 and 79% of all cleaners who work with floor buffer report having to make frequent or continuous repetitive movements, and more […]

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