The mission of the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) is to aid in the prevention of slips, trips-and-falls through education, research, and standards development. NFSI provides a wide range of services including independent product testing and certification, educational training, and standards development. Its consensus product library is linked below:
We track several NFSI products for the education facility industry; one of which is linked below:
B101.6 STANDARD GUIDE FOR COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE MATTING IN REDUCING SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS.
At the moment the 2012 edition linked above appears to be the current version. User-interests in the education facility industry — custodial mangers and staff, for example –are encouraged to communicate directly with Russell Kendzior at NFSI, P.O. Box 92607, Southlake, TX 76092, (817) 749-1700, [email protected].
There are several accredited standards developers in this space and our algorithm tracks them all. We place this product suite on the standing agenda of our monthly Interior Fixture & Hygiene online meeting; open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page to log in.
Issue: [18-193]
Category: Risk Management, Interior Fixtures & Hygiene, Facility Asset Management
Colleagues: John Lawter, Richard Robben
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NFSI Board of Directors Terminates Relationship with ANSI, January 31, 2020