Assessing Slipperiness of Commonly Used Floors on the Campus Building

Slipping and falling are common incidents on school campuses. In this research, we measured the coefficient of friction of 12 floors commonly used on the campus building in Taiwan, under 3 kinds of floor conditions (dry, wet and sand-covered) using the portable skid resistance tester. The results of this study showed that there were significant friction reductions when the floors got wet or covered by sand as compared with dry conditions. And the effects of wet on the friction were more significant than that of the sand-covered conditions. The results indicated that the coefficient of friction was also affected by the floor surface features, such as its material and roughness.