Be proactive about preventing slips and trips.

3M™ Safety-Walk™ Slip-Resistant Tapes and Treads are designed to provide traction on slippery surfaces where slips and trips can occur.

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Discover the science of walking safely.

How often does an employee or guest suffer a fall in your facility? According to the National Safety Council, over 17 slips, trips and falls happen every minute in the United States. Most of those accidents go unreported, which means it can be challenging to get a full understanding of floor safety. Using 3M™ Safety-Walk™ Slip-Resistant Tapes and Treads can help reduce potentially unsafe floor conditions, protecting your guests, your pocketbook and your reputation!

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Prevent slips and trips in your environment.

Think 3M™ Safety-Walk™ Slip-Resistant Tapes and Treads are only used on stairs? Regardless of industry or application, slips can happen almost anywhere. Take a look below to see how you can start making your environment a safer one for your valuable guests, customers and employees!

Healthcare
You care about your patients' and employees' safety, and keeping floors safer goes beyond responding to falls once they've already happened. Use our treads in these areas to help prevent accidents before they occur:

Patient Rooms

Bathrooms / Showers

Therapy Areas & Equipment

Ramps / Stairs

Loading Dock
Education
Schools need to pay special attention to floor safety risks. Using treads in these common sites for accidents helps reduce their chances and keep students and teachers safer:

Bathrooms

Ramps & Stairs

Cafeteria Kitchen

Sporting Venues

Showers/Locker Rooms

Pool Areas
Retail
In retail, areas where water, food or other potentially slippery substances may be present takes extra vigilance for slip hazards. Our treads can help.

Bathrooms

Produce/Deli

Cafe/Restaurant

Drink Stations

Stairwells & Ramps

Loading Docks
Hospitality and Entertainment
Heavy foot traffic in entertainment venues means risk of falls may be higher. These will be different depending on the type of building you operate but our treads can help you be proactive about reducing risk when used in these areas and more:

Stairwells / Stadium Stairs

Concessions

Accessible Areas

Public Restrooms

Guest Room Showers

Pool Areas

Food Service
Kitchens and food service areas are common sites for slips, trips and falls among guests and employees alike. Using our treads in these places can help reduce the risk:

Drink Stations

Walk-in Freezers

Kitchen Floors

Dishwashing Area

Restrooms

Exterior Ramps/Stairs
Sports and Leisure
Pools and other water recreation areas are a lot of fun for guests, but all that water can make floors slippery. Using our treads can help improve safety for:

Hot Tub Stairs

Diving Boards

Locker Room Floors

Exercise Equipment

Saunas

Personal Watercrafts
Industrial
Slips, trips and falls are among the most common workplace injuries and account for hours of lost time and costly compensation. Help protect your employees by installing treads in:

Aerospace Manufacturing

Scaffolding

Shop floors

Warehouse / Loading Dock

Equipment Grips

Catwalk / Platform

Ladders / Stairs
OEM
Safety is always top of mind for customers in all industries, and preventing falls is a big part of running safe operations. Treads can help make users safer when used in manufacturing:

Golf Carts/ATVs

Farm Equipment

Trains/Planes

Naval Ships

Emergency Vehicles

Ladders

Boats