| Few
things are more basic to the workplace than the office chair.
And for an office safety program to be effective, few things
are more important than chair and caster safety. Caster
wheels that are incorrect for the floor surface can pose the
risk of serious injury. Even brand new chairs can cause
problems as they are routinely equipped with hard wheel casters
suitable for carpeting floors. For
chairs to roll safely, use hard wheels on carpeted floors,
and soft wheels on chairmats and hard floor surfaces.
Many new chairs are equipped with hard wheel casters for use
on carpeted surfaces only. Hard wheels skate and slide
on hard floor surfaces. For safe rolling on chairmats,
and all hard floor surfaces, soft wheel casters should be
used. Soft wheels provide traction and prevent sliding.
Protect yourself and your company against rising insurance
costs by equipping your office chairs with quality, American-made
Master Casters.
As
the industry's leading supplier of replacement chair casters
for nearly half a century, Master Manufacturing provides
the solution for every type of caster safety problem.* |
Use soft wheel
casters
on hard floors
of chairmats |
Use hard wheel
casters
on carpeting. |
Master
Casters have been ergonically designed to reduce such risks
to worker health and safety. Built for quality and durability,
Master Casters are safety essentials. So, the question
is not if you need Master Casters for safety, but which Master
Casters you need. Important: for uniform caster
wear and balanced, safe rolling, replace all casters at the
same time.
There are ten
Master Caster models to choose from. All come with
a choice of hard or soft wheels and stem types for compatibility
with metal or wooden chairs. We also supply tools
and measuring devices for caster installation.
Just
as tires must have the proper tread for safe driving performance
on dry pavement as well as slick or snow-covered roadways,
chair movement depends on wheels that provide appropriate
traction on hard or soft surfaces. |
| Employers
cannot afford to neglect any aspect of seating safety.
They should never let worn or damaged casters remain in use.
Nor should they take caster safety for granted when buying
new chairs which are usually supplied with hard wheel casters.
The threat to worker health is too great. The cost of
potential damages is too high. The recent rise in "chair
accident" liability suits makes this clear.
In adapting
safety features to new chairs or retrofitting existing chairs,
the corporate decision make must focus on casters -- the
truly "pivotal" safety component. It is the misuse
of caster wheels and the use of flawed or worn casters that
are the primary source of serious chair accidents.
Just as tires
must have the proper tread for safe driving performance
on dry pavement as well as slick or snow-covered roadways,
chair movement depends on wheels that provide appropriate
traction on hard and soft surfaces.
To custom-fit
your chairs for safety, you need Master |
Casters featuring
our exclusive line of hard and soft caster wheels. Master
lets you choose the casters that are the safest for specific
types of surfaces, from vinyl, linoleum and hardwood floors
or plastic chairs mats to industrial-grade or plus carpeting.
Hard floor surfaces
require soft wheel casters or the chair will be subject
to dangerously rapid movement. Many new chairs are
equipped with hard wheel casters for use on carpeted surfaces
only. Hard wheels skate and slide on hard floor surfaces.
For safe rolling on chairmats, and all hard floor surfaces,
soft wheel casters should be used. Soft wheels provide
traction and prevent sliding. Spinning out of control
while the user is seated or rolling away when the user rises,
and then tries to resume a seat are other examples of what
can happen if hard wheel casters are used on hard floor
surfaces. In addition, injury due to falling is an
obvious risk. A more insidious problem is the muscle
strain that can result from constant efforts to keep the
chair in place or trying to roll with an improper caster.
The requirements
for carpeting floor surfaces is just the opposite.
Hard wheel casters are necessary for the chair to glide
smoothly across the floor. If, instead, the caster
grips the carpeting and the user tugs back and forth to
move the chair, it can topple over. Even if this hazard
is avoided, such constant exertion can result in strain
and injury. |
