People fall on wet surfaces for reasons that have nothing to do with slip resistance. While slip resistance is an important element in the investigation of accidents, it is only one variable. It is just as important to understand falls as part of a larger context and to develop a correct methodology. However, to say that a surface was variable. It is just as important to The confusion about the measure wet doesn't automatically explain understand falls as part of a larger ment of slip resistance on walking anything.
People fall on wet sur- context and to develop a correct surfaces benefits no one.
Progress in the development of materials is slowed by conflicts between and within industries and within standards organizations. Special interests lobby for particular machines or restrictions and exclusions that benefit their industry. In obedience to its charge, ANSI or a federal administrative agency must establish a published minimum COF standard. By definition, an hour has sixty minutes and a meter one thousand millimeters. This measurement would not favor a single machine or technique but would become a basic value for describing future standards.