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Problems we actually fix
Nobody wakes up wanting to buy workstation matting. People have a floor that is doing something to them. Start there.
Each page below answers one problem properly and then points at exactly one kit. No menus, no "here are eight options", and where the answer is that we do not make the right thing, it says so.
Garage and workshop
- A cold concrete garage floor, and what to do about the bit you stand on
A garage floor is a slab on the ground. In February it sits at the temperature of the ground, and you are standing on it in boots for four hours. Points at the Anti-Fatigue kit. - Sore feet, legs and back after a day in the workshop
Boots get the blame first. Sometimes they deserve it. Very often the problem is four hours of standing still on a surface that does not move. Points at the Anti-Fatigue kit. - A slippery, oily workshop floor
Most workshop slips are not on a wet floor. They are on a thin film of something on a hard smooth surface, with nothing underfoot to break it. Points at the Anti-Slip kit.
Workplaces, and whoever signs off the spend
- Standing all day on a concrete floor
Most of what is written about this online is American, aimed at nurses and retail workers, and ends by selling insoles. This is about a work position on an industrial floor. Points at the Anti-Fatigue kit. - Standing water where somebody has to work
A floor that gets hosed at the end of a shift is not a floor problem you solve with thickness. It is a drainage problem first. Points at the Anti-Slip Drainage kit. - Static damaging parts at an assembly position
Two things get confused here constantly, and one of the confusions is dangerous. Worth reading before you buy anything. Points at the ESD Anti-Static kit. - Hygiene on a food production floor, and what is under the operator
On a production floor, anything laid on the floor becomes part of the hygiene regime whether you planned it that way or not. Points at the Antimicrobial Drainage kit. - Absence at standing workstations, and what the floor has to do with it
Written for whoever has to justify the spend. It includes the parts of the argument that work against us, because a case that omits them will not survive its first challenge. Points at the Anti-Fatigue kit.
The two tools
- Sizing calculator. One measurement in, one kit size out, with the 150mm overhang rule applied and the whole decision table published underneath it.
- Standing cost calculator. What the absence at your standing positions costs, and how many days a year matting would have to prevent to pay for itself. It does not claim a reduction, because nobody can evidence one.