Saving Companies Money with Slip-resistant Shoes

1. Saving Companies Money with
Slip-Resistant Shoes

2. • Shoes for Crews, headquartered in
West Palm Beach, specializes in slipresistant footwear. With physical
locations in Orlando and Las Vegas
and an online store that sells
worldwide, Shoes for Crews helps
companies around the globe reduce
accidents in the workplace.

3. • Slips and falls account for more than
40 percent of all major workplace
injuries reported in the United States.
According to the National Safety
Council, these types of accidents are
responsible for more than $70 billion
in annual medical costs.

4. • A 2009 report by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics showed that health care has
the highest percentage of injuries from
slips and falls. In fact, a quarter of
injuries that resulted in lost workdays for
health care workers were related to slip
and fall accidents. However, these
accidents are prevalent in almost all
areas of business.

5. • One of the most important factors in
preventing slips and falls is the
coefficient of friction (COF) of the
walking surface. Although most
employees have little control over the
COF of the floors on which they walk,
experts say that slip-resistant shoes can
decrease the number of accidents by
nearly 15 percent.