No-Slips offers insights on how slippery floors can cause disability, death
On many occasions, domestic incidents like fall from bath-tubs, fire outbreakS, fall on staircase, etc have caused a lot of damage to Nigerians and No-Slips Limited attributes these to slip and fall accidents.
No-Slips, a relatively young company specialized in domestic and office accidents prevention with Sure-Step solution, says that as trivial and simple as slip and fall accidents sound, injuries sustained most times can lead to permanent disability and death.
“Everyone is at risk of experiencing slip and fall accidents especially children, the elderly and the handicapped and a fall can occur anywhere including homes, offices, factories, churches, shopping malls, restaurants, swimming pool areas, bathtubs etc. as a result of wet and slippery floors”, explained Charles Igbinidu, the managing director of No-Slips Limited.
Igbinidu noted that many companies expose their staff to permanent injury and death when their floors are left unsafe, pointing out that these companies resort to paying huge sums of money as hospital bill and compensation after irreversible harm has been done.
“So many Nigerians have lost their loved ones to the cold hands of death because of a simple slip and fall accident while some companies have lost efficient workers as a result of this accident which is preventable; the dangers of slip and fall accident is real and has been experienced in many homes, offices and public places”, he stressed.
Like any other accident, slip and fall accidents can happen in a split second, but they can leave a trail of destruction in their wake if the injuries sustained are serious, causing severe damage like traumatic brain injury, neck and spinal cord damage, hip and pelvic fractures, disfigurement due to facial and dental injuries etc.
This is why people, whether at home or in offices, should prevent emotional and financial stress by taking proactive steps to ensure that their floors are safe at all times.
No Slips offers preventive measures and in the past few years of its operation in Nigeria, the demand for their floor treatment services have increased tremendously, especially from corporate organisations who hold the welfare of their staff in high esteem.
“Many homes and companies have experienced the effectiveness of our floor treatment and the demand for it is increasing by the day. We have treated many individual homes, offices and factories”, Igbinidu said, citing Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Ikeja City Mall, Midwestern Oil and Gas company, etc as some of the companies they have serviced at different times.
CHUKA UROKO