October 12, 2023

David Thomas

How to increase productivity on your shop-floor

Here at Strata we can offer you an increase in productivity by up to 10%. Independent research has shown that by providing anti-fatigue matting for employees who stand to work, productivity will improve as worker fatigue is reduced. In addition, anti-fatigue matting can help to lower the number of days lost to sickness, by reducing the risk of

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David Thomas

Signposting your Shop-floor with Heavy duty floor marking tape

Do your workers know their way round the shop floor? This sounds a silly question, but is asked in all seriousness. Do they take short cuts? Walking through another’s workspace? Walking in forklift truck working areas? Walking through storage bays? If the answer to any of these is yes, you are risking health and safety breaches and increasing your risk

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David Thomas

How to keep moisture and dirt out of your office areas

Is your shop-floor getting trodden into your carpets? Many businesses tell us that they want to break down barriers between shop floor and office employees. One surprising issue preventing closer cooperation is the fear of grime and grease from the shop floor being trodden into the offices. It only takes one pair of grimy boots and the office

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David Thomas

Count down to summer! Preventative maintenance in factory shutdown

The summer holiday season is fast approaching and as your staff plan their holidays, many factory maintenance teams are in the final stages of planning the shut-down schedule. During the ‘factory fortnight’ it is an ideal time to re-lay-out areas, move and maintain machinery as well as tweaking the ergonomics of individual workspaces. In all the planning and

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David Thomas

Foot pain – prevention is better than cure

Standing on hard concrete floors up to 8 hours a day, 5 days a week can be a pain, literally. There are well documented studies of the effects of standing on hard concrete floors for long periods and one of the most common pains associated with standing, that is difficult to treat, is heel pain (plantar fasciitis). If

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David Thomas

How to prevent slippery stairs – and reduce the liability

Are there stairs or steps in your workplace? Are they as safe as they can be? We all rush up and down stairs many times a day, without thinking of the consequences of a slip or trip. Slipping on stairs is more likely to result in injury requiring time off and medical intervention than tripping or stumbling on

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David Thomas

How Strata started – Find out about our beginnings

Did you know that what you stand on to work makes a huge difference to your health and levels of fatigue? At Strata we are passionate about improving worker comfort, by the simple solution of ergonomic matting – leading to increased productivity. Founder, Randal Thomas decided to create this company after a varied career that included horticulture, retail

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