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Use Rubber Bar Mats to Keep Bar Staff Safe
Outdoor bars at popular theme parks are very hectic places to work. Lots of people are constantly moving in a small space. The floors are always wet behind the bar top and covered with fallen debris. Thankfully, most bars are outfitted with rubber bar mats to keep the floor from becoming slippery and causing any nasty accidents.
A wet and slippery floor is the first and most apparent risk in any bar, outdoor or indoor. Rubber bar mats work against many things that can make a bar floor wet. The bartenders making drinks may get some alcohol or mixer on the floor. The hot water from a dishwasher may splash all over the floor. In an outdoor bar, the floor may also become wet from weather conditions, such as rain. To maintain a clean and sanitary establishment, staff constantly wipe down bar tops with soap or sanitizer, which may drip onto the floor. Because all of these factors can make the floor slippery and hazardous, rubber bar mats with drainage holes are essential to keeping the space behind the bar a safe place to walk and work. All water, alcohol, mixers, soap, sanitizer, and other liquids pass through the drainage holes in the rubber mat, keeping bar staff safe from slipping.
Rubber Bar Mats
In addition to spilled drinks, rubber bar mats are useful because of debris on the bar floor, particularly bottle caps. When serving beers or other bottled beverages, many bartenders quickly uncap the bottle and serve it to the guest without thinking about where the cap falls. Of course, they are trying to work quickly and just don’t have the time to pick up every cap that falls to the floor. However, bar staff risk skidding on a stray cap and falling. That’s why rubber bar mats with drainage holes are useful. The holes in the rubber mat are big enough to catch the bottle caps, trapping them and preventing bar staff from accidentally stepping on them.
Various garnishes for drinks are another type of debris found on a bar floor. A lemon wheel on a patron’s cocktail looks fun and fancy, but a lemon wheel on the floor is a disaster waiting to happen. Rubber bar mats are slip-resistant, so people are less likely to fall when stepping on fallen fruit against a rubber surface than when stepping on fallen fruit against slippery tile. Nothing makes your heart skip a beat like having your foot glide on an unseen fruit peel and losing your balance. Rubber bar mats protect people from slipping on any garnishes and falling.
Broken glass is perhaps the most dangerous type of debris found at a bar. Glasses inevitably break in fast-paced environments like popular outdoor bars. But it’s important to protect staff from stepping on broken glass. Rubber bar mats easily catch and trap in broken pieces, making it easier to spot them and clean them up. Without rubber mats, it’s easy to slip on unseen glass. And if you slip and fall, you will likely fall on other unseen glass shards, incurring serious cuts. Bars can avoid serious accidents by implementing rubber mats behind the bar.
A popular outdoor bar is easily a very crowded environment. The bar may draw a crowd of guests, but it also needs more staff to cater to the crowd of guests. Areas with high foot traffic need rubber matting to increase traction and avoid accidents. A busy bar needs rubber bar mats, not just for the bartenders making drinks behind the counter, but for the safety of all its staff: bar-backs washing glasses and restocking alcohol and garnishes, bussers bringing back dirty glasses, servers grabbing whatever they need and making specific requests, and shift-leads making sure everything is running smoothly. Because all these people are constantly moving around in a confined space, one small loss of footing can lead to a big accident. Using rubber bar mats help prevent accidents in crowded areas. Rubber mats are slip-resistant and provide traction, making it easier for staff to keep their footing while working hard for their guests.
Furthermore, many of these people are carrying heavy, awkward, or sharp objects, including dish racks, serving trays, alcohol bottles, and more. Carrying these objects makes it difficult for staff to maintain their balance. Again, rubber bar mats will help with this. A non-slippery surface like rubber matting provides staff with more confident footing, which makes carrying heavy and awkward objects much easier. They will be less likely to drop their load or lose their balance with a rubber surface in place.
Rubber bar mats are a sound investment for any bar, indoor or outdoor, popular or laid-back. They increase the safety for all bar staff, therefore improving the service for all patrons. A rubber mat is an affordable, easy-to-clean, and long-lasting option for any bar or restaurant looking out for its valued staff and guests.
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