And for an office safety program to be effective, few things are more important than chair and caster safety. Caster wheels that are incorrect for the floor surface can pose the risk of serious injury. Even brand new chairs can cause problems as they are routinely equipped with ahrd wheel casters suitable for carpeting floors. For chairs to roll safely, use hard wheels on carpeted floors, and soft wheels on chairmats and hard floor surfaces. Many new chairs are equipped with hard wheel casters for use on carpeted surfaces only.
Hard wheels skate and slide on hard floor surfaces.
For safe rolling on chairmats, and all had floor surfaces, soft wheel casters should be used. Soft wheels provide traction and prevent sliding. Protect yourself and your company against rising insurance costs by equipping your office chairs with quality, American-made Master Casters. As the industry's leading supplier of replacement chair casters for nearly half a century, Master Manufacturing provides the solution for every type of caster safety problem. Use soft wheel casters on hard floors of chairmats Use hard wheel casters on carpeting.