Keeping your employees safe and injury free in your commercial laundry can be challenging. Heavy loads of laundry treated with chemicals, steamy, wet, humid environments and hot equipment all pose safety challenges for your employees. However, setting up the work area with the right tools and equipment can make all the difference for your staff. Stop wasting time searching for Electrolux dealers in South Carolina and call the experts at T & L. You'll love our line of Speed Queen and Continental commercial laundry equipment.
Safety While Using Bags and Bins
These containers help move your customers' laundry from place to place, but to your staff, these helpful tools can be a hazard. From lifting in an awkward position to using excessive force to move damaged or broken bins, your employees are putting their ability to perform their job functions at risk. The repetitive motions used in the processing of laundry can also pose a physical hazard to your employees. To mitigate these risks, ensure that rolling bins move freely and easily. Consider modifying your bins in order to allow your staff to perform their duties more easily. Opt for bins with spring loaded bottoms that reduce the amount of bending and lifting your staff has to do. Switching to smaller capacity laundry bags can also help reduce the strain your employees experience when moving wet or pretreated linens.
Develop Procedures for Loading Bins
Ensuring that your staff knows how to properly load bins and carts for transporting linen throughout the laundry and to the loading area can help reduce the likelihood of an accident or injury. Place heavier folded items or bags of clean linens on the bottom or towards the middle of the cart. The maximum weight for any bag of clean laundry should be 25 pounds. Help your staff learn to evaluate the weight of their own bags and make necessary adjustments to the weight. Encourage the use of two hands to lift laundry bags. Invest in carts or trolleys that prevent your staff from being asked to lift large loads from the ground. When moving bins, handles should be available so that the loaded bins can be pushed rather than pulled.
Alternative Electrolux Dealers in South Carolina
Are you looking to upgrade the bins in your commercial laundry facility? Do you have questions about how to make your employees' work environment more ergonomic to reduce injury? The professional team at T & L Laundry Equipment can help. For more than 40 years we have been area's leader in commercial laundry equipment sales and service. We know what it takes to run a successful commercial laundry and how to keep your employees safe and productive.
Whether you need all new bins or racks, commercial washers and dryers, folders or steamers, we have what you need to get the job done safely and efficiently. Give our team a call and schedule an onsite visit with one of our commercial sales experts. We don't want to be just another vendor for your business. We want to be a partner in your success.
Get ready to make 2018 your safest and most productive year yet. Put our team and our experience to work for your commercial laundry. Call today!
