Solutions or Problems?
Anti-Fatigue Standing mats are undeniably beneficial for any workplace environment that requires employee standing in any capacity. As a concept, it's proven to reduce employee turnover, improve productivity, elevate morale, mitigate injury and absenteeism and demonstrate value to frontline workers.
However, a concept that works in theory can become hazardous in practice. Choosing an anti-fatigue mat for your workplace based on price alone means you get what you pay for. While it may seem like a good choice to spend less upfront (all mats are the same right?), budget mats have budget attributes:
Some Relief from hard surfaces
Minimal anti-fatigue values and durability
Edges often curl and tear
Little or meaningless warranties
Cheap, toxic composition with plasticizers and fillers that quickly breakdown
Top surfaces often wear through or bubble
Short lifespan, high replacement costs
Manufactured outside of the USA
These attributes make for a product that presents a solution only to quickly become a problem. Here are the most common problems associated with budget anti-fatigue mats.
The Story of a Solution
A major international fulfillment operation was beginning to see initial anti-fatigue investment in budget mats become a problem. Replacing the mats nearly every year, ruining safety records from curled edges and slippage causing hazards, interference with equipment, lack of adequate custom coverage, and the list goes on.
After researching for a permanent solution for the facilities anti-fatigue, the only name that kept coming up was WellnessMats.
They saw a Premium Standing Solution that would be covered by a 10 year warranty, guaranteed to last because of its patented APT technology. A custom mat system that allowed for total foot coverage eliminating instability. Edges that will never curl, reducing trip hazards and equipment interference. The patented Dual Gripper system ensuring the Mats would not move or slip. A solution that would not become a problem, a solution made in America. A premium Standing Solution.
After measuring the space drawing up the schematics and creating custom layouts to the clients exact specifications, the WellnessMats team removed and replaced the worn and dangerous old mats. Outfitting the facility with custom and off the floor Anti-Fatigue mats from WellnessMats. Within 2 days of the installation, 6 more of the companies facilities requested full facility coverage. The number grows every day.
Take a look at some of the before and afters from this installation:
If you are sick of constantly replacing impossible to clean, dangerous, unsightly, foreign made, anti-fatigue problems, or you are exploring ergonomics for the first time, take the Smart Step. Explore WellnessMats:
