Product Warranty

DIRTY FACTS

safety

• 9 million disabling slips and falls with average $21,000/claim (National Safety Council)

• Average cost to defend slip/fall lawsuit $50,000 (NFSI)

• 28% of workers miss 31 days or more from same-level slips, trips and falls

(Bureau of Labor Statistics)

WHY FLOOR MATS?

protection

• Without entrance matting, 1,500 people can remove 42% of the nish from a oor (3M)

• 80% of the dust, dirt and grime in public building is “tracked in“ from the outside (Institute of Industrial Laundries)

• Studies show that one square yard of commercial grade carpeting can accumulate one pound of dirt over a

one-week period and up to twice as much during inclement weather. (International Sanitary Supply Association)

• The estimated cost of removing a single pound of dirt from a modern building today can exceed $500.

(International Sanitary Supply Association)

• It is estimated 90% of building maintenance cost is labor. (Cleaning Management)

Health

• 86 billion pounds of dust settle over the U.S. each year.

(“All the Real Dirt Dust”,Discover Magazine)

• About 10 percent of Americans are allergic to some

component of dust. (Dr. Robert Pumbhrey, Washington D.C.)

• The average six-room dwelling takes in 40 pounds

of dust in a year. A private home may have between

800,000 and 1,600,000 tiny bits of dust and particulate

matter in every cubic inch of air. (TRSA Report “Dust

Where We Work”)

• A major source of indoor air pollutants is street dust,

carried in on shoes and captured in carpeting. (“The

Indoor Clean Air Quality Challenge”, Spray Technology

Magazine)

• American businesses are spending upwards of $100

billion a year as a result of lost worker productivity

due to poor indoor air quality and “Sick Building

Syndrome”.(Consumer Federal of America)

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• 91% of shoppers select a store because of its appearance. (Progressive Grocer)

• When asked, “What’s the rst thing you look at when judging cleanliness?” the most popular

rst response of consumers was “Floors” (42%); “Smell” was the second (14%). (CDI Research 1991)