| For weeks the employees have prepared for the | | | | When choosing from the vast selection of |
| biggest event of the year. This event is the annual | | | | replacement casters, you must consider the type of |
| desk chair race that pits the Paper Wads versus the | | | | flooring on which the chair will be sitting. Chair mats |
| Pencil Pushers. Management and employees alike get | | | | may be helpful, but floors made of wood, tile, and |
| involved. The race preparations have all been | | | | carpeting requires a soft polyurethane wheel in order |
| completed and the race track has been laid. Only one | | | | to stave off scuffing and dents. |
| detail has been overlooked. No one installed the | | | | For offices with medium pile or outdoor carpeting, with |
| replacement office chair casters! | | | | no floor mats, hard nylon casters may be the ticket. |
| The race was going well until lap two of the race. | | | | Concrete floors need casters that are coated with |
| Then disaster struck. The fourth chair belonging to the | | | | rubber in order to increase the gripping effect. When |
| Paper Wad team blew a caster in the number four | | | | replacing wheel casters, considering the type of |
| turn. This cost the Paper Wads the victory, but the | | | | flooring can pay dividends with safety and |
| chair went into a controlled skid stopping safely three | | | | performance. |
| inches before the finish line. This pit crew was | | | | Taking a few minutes every day to check the wear |
| extremely disappointed, but quickly discussed a plan to | | | | on your office chair casters can save you and your |
| replace the chair casters in time for next year's race. | | | | coworkers from accidental injury. It is a simple process. |
| Do races like this really happen? No one really knows, | | | | Start from behind the chair and tip the back of the |
| but the importance of this story is not to assume that | | | | chair toward the floor in your direction. This places all |
| your office chairs are safe and in good working order. | | | | four wheels to where they can be easily accessed. |
| You must inspect them on a regular basis in order to | | | | Check the connecting bolts and nuts and shake each |
| keep yourself and your coworkers safe. Fortunately, | | | | one. If the casing rattles, it is time to replace them. If |
| most office furniture replacements pieces are quite | | | | one falls off before you touch it, replace it immediately. |
| easy to keep on hand and install when needed. | | | | Once you have the chair tipped over, go ahead and |
| Office chairs, like most office furniture, serve a | | | | check the manufacturing stickers and write down all |
| valuable purpose in the context of safety. It would be | | | | serial numbers. Doing so will prevent any confusion |
| very strenuous on the body to stay bent over a desk | | | | when ordering replacements. If the Paper Wad team |
| all day, when a roll around chair makes working much | | | | hadn't forgotten this very important detail they wouldn't |
| easier. The wrong chair can become a hazard itself if | | | | have broken their three year winning streak and |
| not chosen correctly. | | | | handed the victory to the Pencil Pushers. Go Team! |