Pendulum slip testing for workplace & industrial sites across Bristol, performed under our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation. Bristol duty-holders face a tech-and-finance commercial estate and a popular harbourside hospitality scene, and the evidential standard expected of any slip-risk assessment scales accordingly.
Bristol's workplace & industrial estate concentrates around Cabot Circus, Harbourside and Clifton, with a wider catchment across Clifton, Bedminster, Redland, Stoke Bishop, Easton and the rest of South West. The HSE region of competence is South West.
Within this sector, the typical risk vectors are oil and grease contamination, dust, foreign-object debris, MHE traffic interaction with pedestrian routes. Slips and trips are the single most-reported cause of major workplace injury in UK industrial settings, accounting for over 30% of RIDDOR-reportable incidents annually. The duty-holder is regulated by the HSE under HSWA 1974, MHSWR 1999, and Workplace (HSW) Regulations 1992, and the duty under WHSWR 1992 to provide a floor 'not slippery so as to expose any person to a risk to their health or safety' is enforced via routine HSE inspection.
Typical surfaces we test in Bristol workplace & industrial sites include sealed concrete, epoxy, polyurethane resin, anti-slip resin with aggregate, painted steel walkways. Where the surface is wet, contaminated, or in a barefoot zone, the appropriate slider and contamination protocol is selected at the point of test.
We default to BS EN 16165:2021 Annex C for in-situ pedestrian pendulum testing, supplemented with BS 7976-2 where a client specification or insurer protocol requires it. Sliders are selected per application — Four-S for shod-foot, TRL for highway-type surfaces, Wet-Barefoot for poolside if specified.
For workplace & industrial specifically: BS EN 16165:2021 pendulum testing in production, MHE and pedestrian zones, both clean and contaminated.
Reports are PDF-delivered within 24 hours of the site visit. They include the full PTV dataset, photography, calibration cert references, UKSRG classification, methodology narrative, and remediation recommendations where any test point falls below the relevant slip-risk threshold.
Tell us the Bristol site postcode, surface type and approximate area. Fixed-fee written quote within 4 working hours.
Booked into the next available slot for Bristol and South West. Out-of-hours and weekend work routinely arranged.
UKAS-accredited pendulum testing on site. Wet, dry, multi-direction. Verbal feedback before our engineer leaves.
Signed PDF report inside 24 hours. PTV dataset, classification, photography, calibration certs, remediation guidance.
Free phone consultation on findings. Independent remediation guidance. Discounted re-test after any treatment work.
Optional annual re-test programme to maintain auditable continuity for your insurer or HSE inspection record.
Standard mobilisation to Bristol and South West is 2–5 working days. Urgent or post-incident response within 48 hours is available — call 0208 246 5562 to confirm capacity.
Yes. Our pendulum slip testing is performed under our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, using calibrated equipment with traceable certification. UKAS accreditation is held by a minority of UK slip-testing providers and is the most defensible credential for an evidential report.
You receive a clear narrative of why it failed, which test points are problematic, and a tiered set of remediation options — operational controls, surface treatment, or replacement. We are independent of treatment manufacturers, so the advice is free of conflict.
Yes. Reports are formatted to meet the evidential standards expected by UK insurers, the HSE region South West office, and the courts. Calibration certificates and chain-of-custody documentation are included as standard.
Yes. Our Bristol field cover extends across Clifton, Bedminster, Redland, Stoke Bishop, Easton and the wider South West at no additional travel cost. Single fixed-fee quote, inclusive of travel.
Tell us where, what, and when. We'll come back with a written quote, an engineer name, and a date — not a brochure.