Cintas Announces Floor Traction Audit Webinar

Webinar participants to receive complimentary e-book titled “Traction Auditing 101”

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A slip and fall claim can cost a business an average of $19,000 per incident, according to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI). As a part of its ongoing commitment to help restaurant owners and operators develop and maintain safe floors, Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) today announced it will host a webinar on the topic of floor traction auditing on Wednesday, September 12 at 2 p.m. EST. Titled “Measuring Floor Safety,” the webinar panelists will feature Brent Johnson, Walkway Auditor trainer for the National Floor Safety Institute and chief auditor of Traction Auditing.

“Every effective floor safety maintenance program begins with a baseline audit”

“Every effective floor safety maintenance program begins with a baseline audit,” said David Collette, Director of Marketing, Cintas Foodservice. “This webinar will provide participants with background information on floor traction audit procedures, tips for understanding audit results and ways to develop a safe floor program based on findings.”

In addition to understanding the basic principles behind floor traction audits, participants will also learn tips for selecting a qualified auditor and how to improve overall floor safety efforts in accordance with new standards set forth by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Webinar participants will also receive a complimentary e-book titled “Traction Auditing 101.”

This webinar is part two of a five-part series on the topic of safe floors. For more information on how restaurants can reduce slips and falls with a safe floor program, please visit http://www.cintas.com/industries/foodservice/Kitchen-Floor-Mats/. To register for the webinar, please click here.

About Cintas Corporation:

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types primarily throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom cleaning and supplies, tile and carpet cleaning, promotional products, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services and document management services for more than 900,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.