If you’ve chosen non-slip flooring for your premises, you’re in good company, as more and more businesses are recognizing the importance of protecting both employees and customers. Safe Work Australia reported that, between 2003 and 2015, environmental factors were responsible for over half (56%) of accidents such as slips, trips, and falls. Common causes include poorly designed or maintained walkways and slippery flooring after rain or spills.
In modern commercial buildings, especially in central business districts, textured non-slip flooring has become the norm. Across Australia, Conquest’s range of orbital floor scrubbers is highly sought after by facility managers who are responsible for maintaining these properties, ensuring they remain both clean and safe. One of the most popular models is the Conquest Carbon Edge industrial floor scrubber. This machine is known for its excellent manoeuvrability, ease of use, and powerful performance, featuring rectangular high-speed oscillating heads that reach right up to edges and corners. Whether in a school, hospital, shopping center, sports complex, supermarket, or office building, Conquest’s commercial floor scrubbers are designed to tackle various cleaning challenges.
Given these concerning statistics, it’s no surprise that there has been a significant increase in the installation of non-slip flooring in commercial and industrial buildings across Australia. As Safe Work Australia advises: “The best way to eliminate slips and trips is to design and build facilities with safety in mind.”
However, it’s not enough to simply install safety flooring; it needs to be properly maintained using industrial cleaning equipment to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.
The challenge is that non-slip flooring can be notoriously difficult to clean. While its textured surface prevents slips and stops liquids from pooling, it also presents a problem for traditional floor scrubbers, which often struggle to reach into the grooves and indentations where dirt and grime accumulate.
The solution is an oscillating floor machine. These machines feature square scrub heads with adjustable weights that apply downward pressure while moving rapidly in multiple directions. This design allows the scrub pads to reach every part of the textured surface, dislodging and removing dirt. The speed of oscillation is key, providing up to seven times more agitation than standard commercial scrubbers, often without the need for detergent. The oscillation also helps break up and remove chemical build-up, which can attract more dirt. With adjustable downward pressure, combined with speed and oscillation, these oscillating floor scrubbers ensure a thorough, even clean, leaving no patchy areas—something that traditional industrial scrubbers often fail to avoid.
