5 Benefits of Anti-Fatigue Mats for Your Workplace

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Posted: November 18, 2009

As a business owner, you’re concerned about the people who work for you, and want to provide a safe, healthy and comfortable workplace. Rubber anti-fatigue mats help you create that safe and healthy environment, literally from the ground up. Here are five benefits of industrial mats that you may not have considered.

  1. Reduction in slip-and-fall injuries. Many companies install rubber safety mats primarily to protect workers from slippery floors. Rubber mats will provide a stable surface for your employees, help them avoid falls, and keep your company running smoothly as you rack up day after day as an injury-free workplace. Your workers will appreciate the care you take to keep them safe, and you’ll appreciate knowing you run a safe shop.
  2. Reduction in materials and glass breakage. If you sell or work with breakable materials, you’ll find that rubber matting greatly reduces your breakage costs. When you replace your hard surfaces with industrial mats, your costs will go down, and so will the risk of injury from broken glass and materials.
  3. Reduction in workers’ pain. If you’ve spent much time standing on concrete or other hard-surfaced floors, you know that not only your feet hurt. After several hours you begin to hurt all over, from the stress being placed on your feet. As the saying goes, “When your feet hurt, you hurt all over.” By providing rubber anti-fatigue mats for your employees, you help them stay healthy. This benefits them, of course, and also helps you run your business more effectively with fewer sick days and more motivated employees.
  4. Increase in productivity. When your employees feel well, they’re going to be able to do their jobs better. When they’re not worried about falling, when things aren’t getting broken, and when they are not in pain from standing on hard floors, your company is going to run much more smoothly. An investment in anti-fatigue mats allows you to grow your company’s bottom line by making better use of your most important asset—good employees.
  5. Reduction in injury due to fatigue. In many businesses, from factories to restaurants, injuries can happen any time. These injuries are more common when employees are tired or in pain. This kind of fatigue can lead to accidents, not because your employees are careless, but because they’re tired. Rubber anti-fatigue mats can prevent many of these injuries.

In addition to all these benefits, you’ll notice an increase in morale when you install safety mats in your business. Your employees will appreciate that you care enough about their well-being to install anti-fatigue mats. And after a few days of using the mats, they’ll feel better and work better.

Almost any business can benefit from anti-fatigue mats. If your employees stand or walk a lot in your store, factory or warehouse, and you don’t have rubber matting, you need it. Until you’ve spent a day on rubber safety mats after standing on concrete, you can’t appreciate how much of a difference it makes.