The Importance of Cleaning
UK businesses lost £ 13.7 billion last year . Why ?
Employees contracting preventable contagious illnesses due to poorly cleaned premises . That ’ s just one reason why cleaning is so important .
How Clean is your Factory ?
To understand how important cleaning is , it is essential to understand that although your factory may look clean , it could be harbouring potentially deadly germs and viruses .
Here are just a few facts that give a clearer picture :
- The average workplace desk can be 400 times dirtier than the average toilet seat - There are 16 million microbes found on the typical office keyboard - Only 3 % of offices sufficiently clean their equipment - The typical office worker ’ s hands come into contact with 10 million bacteria per day - 1 in 4 people have feacal bacteria on their hands - One person carrying a virus will infect 50 % of all equipment and employees within their vicinity in just four hours
So , is your factory really as clean as it looks ? Perhaps not !
Slips and Trips
One area that requires special attention regarding cleaning is the floor . Did you know that slips and trips are the most common cause of major injuries at work and they occur in almost all workplaces ; 95 % of major slips result in broken bones . A significant factor in researching the cause of slips and trips is the cleaning safely or lack of . A lot of floor surfaces are left hazardous every day which causes accidents . To help with this it is important to remove the contaminations that cause the accidents .
Total Clean places close attention to each clean and as we are specialists in floor cleaning , we can give your flooring the attention it needs . In a typical year , slips and trips account for 33 % of all reported major injuries , 20 % of over-3-day injuries to employees and 50 % of all reported accidents to members of the public . This shows how important it is to take slips and trips seriously and with simple cost-effective methods , like contracting Total Clean , you can reduce the risk of incidents due to slips and trips .
Environmentally Conscious
The drive for sustainability adds stress to manufacturers and retailers , especially in the food industry , where various stakeholders seek healthier , socially responsible , efficient , and humane production and distribution practices .
Total Clean is guided by ISOs 14001 , 9001 , 45001 , Safe Contractor , CHAS , and Carbon Zero accreditations . Our objectives align with seven key principles including pollution prevention and waste minimisation . The cleaning materials used by Total Clean are as neutral as possible , are hypoallergenic , non-toxic and surfaces are safe to touch once dry .
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We aim to reduce our carbon footprint while maintaining high cleaning standards through sustainably sourced material .