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This technical report discusses the technical aspects, research, legislation, standards activities, and operation of the two widely-used Variable Angle Tribometers (VATs) commercially available for testing of walkway surface slip resistance:  The English XL and the Brungraber Mark II.

Recognizing that the special safety requirements necessary for stages, orchestra pits, churches, school auditoriums, and athletic assembly occupancies may not be adequately covered by other codes or standards, this one may provide the minimum safety performance requirements to protect the occupants.

This standard sets forth provisions for protecting persons where there is potential for slips and falls as a result of surface characteristics or conditions.

Slips, trips and falls due to preventable conditions continue to occur in workplaces across the country. To reverse this trend, ASSE and ASTM decided to select slip, trip and fall prevention standards from their own catalogues that in combination would best help employers reduce and ultimately eliminate these incidents.