Crack or Holes in a Floor IN JACKSON,MS

A crack or holes in a floor can present a very serious hazard to customers, guests, patrons and employees. Business owners and property owners have a duty to keep their grounds in safe repair for visitors. Checking a property thoroughly on a regular basis is just one part of running a safe and successful business. If there are any cracks or holes in a floor, they need to be addressed immediately. If a crack or holes in a floor go unrepaired or unaddressed, they can put visitors at a great risk for a trip and fall type of injury. Hospitalization due to inadequate grounds maintenance is not uncommon, so property owners need to ensure their floors are all in safe and proper repair at all times.

Adequate and Appropriate Floor Maintenance

Adequate and appropriate floor maintenance is something, as consumers, we all expect from our local business establishments. Our feet do the walking and they know where to go. We’re not expecting any holes or cracks. Even if we are looking down and scouring the floor in front of us for defects, it’s still possible to trip. Lighting, flooring tile designs or other issues could prevent us from seeing a crack or hole in the floor that has been there for who knows how long. Since we expect floors to be in adequate and safe repair, we’re hardly ever looking down for issues like cracks and holes anyway. Business and property owners need to address all cracks and holes in their floors immediately to protect their visitors and patrons from potentially dangerous trip and fall injuries.

Warn Customers, Guests and Employees of Danger 

Since it may not always be possible for a business or property owner to immediately fix a crack or hole in a floor, it’s important to understand the necessity of good signage and warning efforts. It can take hours or days to get a repair person out, and in the meantime, business and property owners have a duty to warn customers, guests, patrons and employees of the danger. This can be down with signs and other attention-calling pieces of safety equipment. It may also be necessary to section off the area, so that people can avoid the hazard all together. If a business or property owner knows about an unsafe crack or dangerous holes in a floor, he or she has a duty to get it repaired. Before that repair happens, and potentially during and immediately after, that business or property owner also has a duty to provide appropriate warning to people in the vicinity.