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Slip and Fall: Overly Waxed Floors

Property owners are expected to keep floors clean, but sometimes, failing to let the public know that a floor was recently mopped can lead to an accident. Overly waxed floors can lead to slippery surfaces, and without adequate warning signs, can lead to slip and fall accidents. Property owners may be held liable for someone's slip and fall if they fail to put up any warning that indicates the floor is wet, if excessive polish or wax was used recently on the floor, if a barrier was not placed around the recently waxed or mopped area, or if an inclined area was overly waxed. When only a small part of a floor was mopped or waxed, for example, to clean up a spill in a grocery store, this can lead to a slip and fall when there is no warning because of a sudden change in flooring condition.

Did you or a loved one fall on an overly waxed floor because there was no indication that the floor was slippery? Our premises liability lawyers can help! Contact our personal injury lawyers today regarding your slip and fall case.

Overly waxed floors can be found almost anywhere, but can especially cause:

• Slip and fall accidents in grocery stores
• Slip and fall accidents in showrooms
• Slip and fall accidents in restaurants
• Slip and fall accidents in hotels
• Slip and fall accidents in office buildings

Overly waxed floors are not the only cause of slip and accidents. Often, slip and fall accidents occur on stairs that either lacked a handrail or did not contain a non-skid surface. If the stairs on a property had just been mopped or waxed, failure to warn others and failure to have a handrail can lead to tripping or falling down the stairs. A slip and fall down a slippery staircase can result in serious consequences, including death.

Did you slip and fall on a slippery staircase that was just waxed? You may be entitled to compensation! Contact our personal injury lawyers today.

Did you know?
One of the most common places for overly waxed floors is large supermarkets. Often, large grocery store chains hire cleaning companies to wax the floors on a regular basis to clean up the spillage that frequently occurs in supermarkets. However, many times, one hazard has now been replaced by another hazard when customers are unaware that a portion of the floor has just been freshly waxed or waxed too much.