Scottish warehousing — logistics hubs around Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and the Central Belt motorway corridor — presents specific slip-testing challenges. Forklift polishing, cold-store testing, and wash-down conditions all demand specialist attention.
Every sector has distinct slip risk zones. Scottish warehouse premises share these common high-risk patterns — where UKAS-accredited testing delivers the most measurable safety and claims-defence value.
Forklift traffic polishes concrete and resin floors faster than foot traffic. A floor reading PTV 42 at installation can drop to PTV 22 within five years of intensive forklift use.
PTV changes with temperature. A floor reading 36 at room temperature may read significantly lower at -18°C. Cold-store testing at operational temperatures is essential.
Food and pharmaceutical distribution warehouses have extensive wash-down zones. Testing during active wash-down reveals the worst-case PTV.
Yard paving, external loading docks, and vehicle-pedestrian interfaces are often overlooked but disproportionately hazardous in Scottish winter.
Yes, substantially. Temperature affects PTV — a floor reading 36 at room temperature may read below 25 at -18°C. We test at operational temperatures where safe to do so, up to and including blast-freezer environments.
Yes — testing during active wash-down reveals worst-case PTV, which is what your HSE risk assessment should be based on. Combined wash-down and dry testing produces a full operational slip profile.
Rapidly. Loading bays under intensive forklift use can lose 10-20 PTV points over 5 years through polishing. Annual re-testing is essential for any intensive-forklift warehouse.
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