General manufacturing covers the heart of UK industrial — production halls, assembly lines, machine shops, and ancillary infrastructure where slip hazards arise from coolant carry-out, hydraulic and lubricant drips, dust accumulation, and the cumulative wear of decades-old painte…
Tier 1 · Heavy Manufacturing
Every factories (general manufacturing) site has a distinct surface vocabulary that drives the testing protocol. We test the actual surfaces present, not a generic baseline.
Painted or coated concrete production floorsthe dominant general-manufacturing finish, with PTV strongly affected by coating age and cleaning regime
Hardened-aggregate concrete (granolithic, Mastertop)in heavy-MHE areas
Anti-static vinyl in electronics and precision-engineering productiontested independently
Steel chequer-plate at platforms and elevated walkwaystested independently
Resin coatings in machine-shop oil-and-coolant zoneshydrocarbon contamination expected
Yellow-painted pedestrian segregation linesthe line itself is tested as well as surrounding floor
Generic slip testing misses the zones that actually generate incidents. Factories (General Manufacturing) sites have distinct high-risk zones that warrant independent testing.
CNC machining, milling, and grinding produce continuous coolant mist and drip; the floor surrounding machines accumulates a hydrocarbon film that defeats wet-PTV management.
Hydraulic fluid leaks from press-line equipment create unpredictable wet-PTV exposure; testing must be timed to capture worst-case rather than just-cleaned conditions.
Yellow-painted crossing zones see concentrated wear; the painted line's PTV is often lower than the surrounding floor.
Routes to plant rooms, compressor rooms, and effluent plants are tested less often than production zones but accumulate the most contamination.
General-manufacturing slip testing supports HSE INDG225 and Workplace Regulations 1992 Reg 12, with additional context from sector-specific HSE guidance (HSG129 for engineering, HSG136 for transport in the workplace). PUWER 1998 covers MHE-related slip risks. UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 reports are the format expected by both HSE inspectors and Public Liability insurers.
A Tier-1 automotive components manufacturer with 280,000 sq ft of production floor commissioned a baseline UKAS pendulum survey covering machining halls, assembly lines, the press shop, the paint line and ancillary plant rooms. We tested 134 zones over three days of out-of-shift attendance. The press-shop hydraulic-leak zone was identified as the highest-priority intervention; the customer redesigned the drip-tray drainage and we re-tested at 6 months and 12 months to confirm sustained PTV improvement. The PTV trend data now feeds the customer's QHSE annual board report.
Whether you operate a single industrial site, a multi-site portfolio, or an FM contractor brief covering multiple operators, we'll return a fully-costed, no-obligation quotation within one working day.
Mon–Fri, 8am–6pm office hours.
23:00–05:00 attendance for production-floor sites by arrangement.