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HSE - Health & Safety at Work Ensure Mats are securely fixed and do not have curling edges. Link to document http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg225.pdf Department for Transport (DfT) - Rail, Bus and Transport Buildings Rubber backed mats, placed on top of the existing floor finish can ruck and create a trip hazard, and should not be used. Link to document http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_mobility/documents/pdf/dft_mobility_pdf_503282.pdf Royal Mail 7.2 Floors and furnishings Deep pile carpets and rush matting are best avoided as hazardous to those with mobility problems and a cause of drag for wheelchairs. Loose mats are definitely a danger because they present trip hazards, so foot wipe mats should be recessed and flush with the floor. Avoid coir (dirt) mats as they deflect wheels on prams/pushchairs and wheelchairs. Remember that patterned carpets can cause visual confusion and reduce good colour and tonal contrasts between floors and walls. Link to document http://www.royalmailgroup.com/DAC/factsheets/guidance_notes.txt Norwich Union Risk Services (Occupiers Liability) Secure coverings such as mats, rugs and carpet. Link to document http://www.nu-riskservices.co.uk/pdf/hardfacts/public_liability/9002-TopTipsforTrips.pd Virgin Retail Stores Where an entrance is directly off an open-air public street there may well be a weather mat within the entrance area. Ideally, this should be in a sunken mat well with the mat surface at the same level as the surrounding floor, so as not to form a trip hazard. Lifting edges on the less-desirable surface mounted mats are dangerous and should not be allowed to remain. Any short-term continuance in use, if unavoidable, will be a hazard which will need to be emphasised with hazard tape. Link to document http://www.virgin.com/aware/docs/ddamega.pdf BS8300:2001 Approved Document M Accessible Entrances Internal floor surfaces adjacent to the threshold are of materials that do not impede the movement of wheelchairs, e.g. coir matting, and changes in floor materials do not create a trip hazard. Link to document Trading Standards Securely fix mats, straighten out ripples, renew worn carpets. Link to document http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/enfield/slips,%20trips%20leafletb.htm HSE Education Publication Provide suitable non-slip, water absorbing mats at entrances Maintain mats in good condition and change when saturated Ensure that temporary matting does not pose a trip risk. Link to document http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/edis2.pdf UK Petroleum Industry Association Document Service Stations Entrance mats Absorbent mats at each shop entrance provide the best method of reducing the amount of water brought into the shop on the sole of shoes and wheelchair wheels. Entrance mats should be firmly fixed and flush with the adjacent floor surface. The recommended size for entrance mats is 1500mm long (in the direction of travel) by the full width of the entrance door. The recommended length equates to one full revolution of a wheelchair wheel and should therefore be sufficient to prevent the spread of water to the adjacent floor finish. The use of loose-laid mats is discouraged. If the existing permanent entrance mat is too small or ineffective, it should be either replaced, increased in size or supplemented with an additional fixed mat with all edges firmly secured and flush with the adjacent floor surfaces. Link to document http://www.ukpia.com/Portals/0/Repository/documents/Disability%20guide.pdf
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