One slip. One lawsuit. Your restaurant gone.
Restaurants get sued for slip-and-fall accidents more than almost any other business. Water on tile, grease near the line, ice from a dropped glass - and suddenly a guest or a server is on the floor and you are on the phone with their lawyer. Most owners do nothing until it happens. By then it is far too late.
The legal reality
You can - and will - be sued.
Under premises liability law, a restaurant is responsible for keeping its floors reasonably safe. If a guest slips and falls, you can be held liable for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and legal fees. Settlements regularly run $15,000 to $50,000 for minor injuries and $100,000+ for serious ones. A single broken hip can cost millions.
The standard
DCOF 0.42 is the bar.
ANSI A326.3 sets 0.42 DCOF as the minimum for safe walkways. Most polished restaurant tile, when wet, tests in the 0.20s. That is well below legal - and a plaintiff's attorney will absolutely measure it after an accident.
The answer
SureStepSoflo: high 0.70s.
After our treatment, your floor tests in the high 0.70s - nearly double the legal minimum. That is documented, repeatable, and defensible. It massively reduces both the chance of an accident and your liability if one ever happens.
Where it matters most
The danger zones in every restaurant.
Entryways
Rain, snow, and tracked-in water turn tile into glass. The #1 slip location in any restaurant.
Kitchen line
Grease, oil, and water mix into a film that no mat can fully catch. Servers carry knives and hot food across it.
Dish pit & prep
Constantly wet. Constantly busy. Constantly the place where staff injuries happen.
Bar & dining floor
Spilled drinks, dropped ice, condensation. The guest never sees it coming - and neither does your insurance.
Built for food service
Zero downtime. Zero excuses.
We treat your floor between services. No closing. No tearing up tile. No film or coating that could fail health inspection. Your staff walks on it the moment we finish, and your normal cleaning routine stays exactly the same.
Trusted by McDonald's, Hilton Hotels, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, Wendy's, TCBY, Boston Pizza, and many more. SureStep has even treated tiles at Allegiant Stadium and the Raiders practice facility in Henderson, NV.
What you get
- Documented DCOF reading in the high 0.70s
- Written warranty for your records and insurer
- No coating, no residue, no health-code issues
- Zero damage to your flooring - tile stays exactly as it was
- Same look, same cleaning, same daily operations
- Lower workers' comp and slip-and-fall exposure
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