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As you are aware cleaning professionals are being required to clean more space, in less time - especially in colleges, universities and K-12. If you maintaing OJI records, what trend have you seen in the last 5 - 10 years? As productivity is forced upwards, are the cleaning staff sustaining more injuries...
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I get a look in a lot of my competitors' janitor closets, and at the kit carried from building to building by the occasional crew doing route work. Lots of unsafe chemicals ; lots of unnecessary chemicals; lots of opportunity for confusion and injury . We find that most buildings can be cleaned,...
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02-08-2010
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Filed under: touchpoints, janitor phoenix, disinfect, environmental, touch points, safety, sanitation, OSHA, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, disinfecton, green building, touch point, disinfectant, hydrogen peroxide, chemical control
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Pertinent article in today's (1/27/2010) Wall Street Journal (p.D1) on America's overuse of laundry detergent; by one reckoning, 53% of American consumers either guess, or fill the measuring cup up to the top. Result: dingy clothing, wasted product, color fading, detergent build-up in the machine...
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U S Green Building Council's Greenbuild event is in Phoenix this week, so we decided to put our money where our mouth is, and sponsor a booth. As much as we've stressed environmental issues over the years, we've never done a flyer specifically on the subject. And we figured we needed one...
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Bob Croft
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11-10-2009
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Filed under: microfiber, touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, screening, touch points, safety, sanitation, worker safety, OSHA, safety training, vacuum floor, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, touch point sanitation, indoor air quality
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Yesterday's Wall Street Journal ran an article entitled "Getting Real About Fakes" about a consumer survey conducted in the US and in four large developing countries (Russia, China, Brazil and India). Consumers were questioned about their motivations in knowingly buying fake (not simply...
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08-18-2009
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Filed under: legitimate service, fly by night service, undocumented, legit, environmental, touch points, court records, safety, sanitation, ID, uninsured
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It was the cleaner, in the kitchen with the waste receptacle. Mystery solved! Or is it? Recently there have been items from our break room that have gone missing. First, it was half of someone’s lunch, then a full lunch and a container of sugar. The latest item to go M.I.A. was half a dozen packets...
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I have never known anyone to successfully walk on water without getting wet, or in this case, wiping out. I recently attended a wedding reception at a county facility. As part of the décor, the three-level facility was only accessible by a beautiful stone staircase. But, the view was very deceptive...
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As Jimmy Buffett would say, “The weather is here.” That certainly is the case for most of the country, but I don’t think he was singing of snow in his 1980 hit. Winters latest punch came late last week when even warmer cities, such as Las Vegas, got dumped on with the latest round of...
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Distributors, you should never underestimate the importance of forklift safety in the warehouse. In fact, about 100 workers are killed each year as a result of forklift accidents according to the Occupational Safety And Health Administration (OSHA). About a quarter of the yearly fatalities are caused...
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A couple weeks back, I was invited by a friend to attend a boxing event hosted in his town. With nothing better to do, I decided it might be fun to go and experience something new. What I didn’t expect was the complete disregard for health and safety. Upon arrival, I learned that there would be...
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I think that overall the American consumer has a very inaccurate perception of the average custodial worker. Case and point: As I was searching for industry news, I came across an article that started, “If you think you’re getting sick from your job, you’re probably a janitor.”...
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As many of you are aware, over the last couple weeks the Midwest was pummeled with very severe storms. The aftermath resulted in standing water, overflowing rivers and lakes and waterlogged communities. At the first sight of the sun in over a week, I quickly made way to a baseball game at my favorite...
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The executive offices of Housekeeping Solutions are currently receiving a major facelift in the form of renovated cubicles, fresh coats of paint, new flooring and upgraded HVAC systems. The end result is going to be great, but in the interim, staff members have been displaced, forcing us to reevaluate...
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Last weekend I found myself among the hundreds of people at the grocery store looking for snacks to stock the pantry. I don’t know who decided it, but it seems as though Sunday is the busiest day of the week to grocery shop. That is why I was so surprised to see the cleaning crew out in full force...
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It is true that the only constant in life is change, and weather in Wisconsin is no different. Last weekend we were elated to turn our clocks forward in hopes of a quick-approaching spring. Instead, we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. This latest weather system set records, ranking this...