Maintenance cleaning in the workplace

Dust in Your Workplace: Is Maintenance Cleaning Enough?

People spend most of their day indoors, so to some degree everyone comes into contact with dust. How much dust builds up depends partly on how well indoor and commercial premises are cleaned, which is why a regular maintenance cleaning service is so important. Dust also spreads and accumulates in the workplace. Given that an adult typically spends around eight hours a day in the workplace, the factors present there and their effect on health are highly significant.

What does the law say about maintenance cleaning of commercial premises?

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the workplace is defined as the location or surroundings in which a person works. Any technical, physical, chemical, biological, physiological or psychological factors present in the workplace must not endanger an employee’s life or health. Dust, together with organic and inorganic chemical compounds, falls under chemical factors.

Physical factors affect dust too – for example, the speed of air movement, which carries dust further through the air, where it can settle on skin, mucous membranes and/or find its way into the respiratory tract. Without regular maintenance cleaning of commercial premises, these factors can seriously harm the human body.

How does dust spread?

Dust can spread indoors because of both outdoor and indoor factors and activities. It can enter a space from furnishings (such as textiles and carpets), paper, outdoor air (especially in spring, mixed with pollen), equipment, human activity, pets and other sources. It’s also worth remembering that people themselves track dust in from outside on their footwear, which is why regular floor cleaning and entrance mats at doorways are so important.

Frequent, thorough cleaning makes a real difference, and the simplest way to keep dust down and premises in good order is to order a maintenance cleaning service from specialists in the field.
A separate situation arises in workplaces where production generates a lot of dust, such as in the metal or woodworking industries. In these cases, it’s especially important to carry out a workplace risk assessment and take measures to manage the risks.

Risk assessment when ordering a cleaning service for commercial premises

A risk assessment systematically evaluates all of the workplace hazards mentioned above. Naturally, the assessment also takes into account the proportion of dust present and the concentration of these particles. A workplace risk assessment is important because it helps determine whether any factors present in the workplace are creating a health risk for employees.

Since dust can cause irritation and allergies, it’s important to remove it through sufficiently frequent, targeted maintenance cleaning of indoor and workplace areas. It’s worth remembering that dusting various surfaces should be part of the job for any cleaner working for a commercial cleaning company. Note that the frequency of dusting higher surfaces is usually agreed separately.
In particularly dusty environments, it’s important to limit dust-generating activities or adapt processes so they produce less dust, and to review the ventilation system and upgrade or improve it where needed.

Dust-free, well-maintained, clean premises create a healthy environment and a positive overall impression in the workplace for staff and visitors alike, so it’s worth investing in a maintenance cleaning service and taking cleanliness seriously.

If you’d like to keep dust and dirt permanently under control, take a look at our maintenance cleaning service or book a more thorough deep clean.

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