Showerthought: our shop's static discharge reports went from 3 a month to zero after we switched floor mats.

We swapped out the old vinyl mats for the ESD-safe kind about 4 months ago. The difference in our logged incidents was immediate and has held steady. Has anyone else seen a simple change like this make such a big dent in their ESD tracking?

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noah_webb26d ago

Our old mats were basically lightning rods.

rose_grant7826d ago

Wait, they were actually conductive? That's terrifying, @noah_webb. I just figured they were worn out and slippery. You could've gotten seriously hurt on those things.

paul_owens259d ago

@rose_grant78 you ever wonder how many places are just one bad mat away from a disaster? Sounds like your old setup was practically begging for trouble... Glad a simple swap fixed it for you guys.