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What To Do With a Walkway Auditor Report

June 15, 2015 by Safer Walkways Staff 2 Comments

If you are convinced that your business needs a walkway auditor’s services, then you are a wise business owner. After all, at the end of the audit, the walkway auditor will provide you with a comprehensive report about everything they’ve tested, witnessed and observed. But what should you do with that walkway auditor report once you have it?

What’s in a Walkway Auditor Report?

A qualified walkway auditor puts all the information he or she discovers about the facility in a report. There is a lot of information in the report that can benefit you greatly. Here are just a few of the things found in the walkway auditor report:

  • Slip resistance of flooring
  • Identified areas of potential slip, trip, and fall hazards
  • Diagrams of the facility with the current SCOF/DCOF readings
  • Breakdown of floor areas with low, moderate, and high traction
  • Photographs of potential hazards
  • Recommendations for remediating the areas in question

It’s invaluable for you to have a real, unbiased report on the risk factors and overall safety of your business’s walkways. The report alerts you to any spots that could harm or injure customers and employees. If you have any questions about anything in the walkway audit report, you can always contact the auditor for more details.

Why Should I Keep the Report?

Once you go through the walkway auditor report and follow all the recommendations, what should you do with the report? Keeping the official report of a walkway audit can benefit you in several ways.

  1. Make it part of the ongoing floor management and safety plan. Every business needs a working plan for floor management and safety, and the report should be kept with the important flooring documents such as accident reports, cleaning checklists and so forth.
  2. Use it for evidence in the event of a slip and fall lawsuit. If your business must appear in court as part of a slip and fall case, you will need every document you can provide that shows that your company was not negligent in floor safety care and maintenance. The report, and others like it, can be a big part of that presentation.
  3. Proof of federal and state safety standards. Companies are required to be in compliance with the safety regulations set forth by OSHA, including flooring. The report can confirm that the flooring meets any mandated requirements during an inspection.

All in all, the walkway auditor report is a valuable tool that business owners can use to not only improve the safety of their business property, but to add to their files as a significant part of their records for floor safety and management.

Filed Under: Auditing, Regulations, Standards

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    June 23, 2015 at 12:58 pm

    […] Once the initial audit report is completed, you can use the information within it to make changes and corrections to your facility. This initial audit will act as a baseline to compare all future audits. […]

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    […] an experienced evaluation of different areas. After the audit, the walkway auditor will compile a detailed written report that highlights the high risk areas at the workplace, plus some guidance on what to do to reduce the […]

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