With St. Patrick’s Day this week, there will be a lot of parties and celebrations, while many of us will also be hoping for a little “luck of the Irish” in our lives. However, one area in your life you don’t want to leave up to luck is the health and safety of your building and its occupants. Industrial cleaning and disinfection services are more important than ever to the health and safety of your employees. Hughes Environmental has a list of environmental cleaning products and services we offer that will help you keep your building clean and your employees healthy. After all, a clean work environment is gold to a happy and healthy work life!
Combustible Dust Remediation
When dust is dispersed throughout oxidized air, it can create an explosion hazard. When the dust cloud is confined in a closed area it does not have the air movement from wind to disperse it; dust particles can instead stay suspended in the air for days at a time. This allows the levels of dust particles in the air to increase and provide more fuel for the resulting explosion. Some dusts can ignite just from touching hot machinery, while other dusts ignite after being exposed to a small fire, spark, static electricity, or even a lit cigarette.
Knowing how to properly clean combustible dust is important not only for the safety of you and your employees, but in also preventing future dust explosions.
Using the wrong methods and equipment to clean combustible dust can be catastrophic. From protective clothing to vacuum hoses, every piece of equipment counts when it comes to safety and compliance.
High Surface Cleaning
Vibrations in the facility can shake built up loose dust, dirt, grease, and other materials commonly found on the high surfaces, which could contaminate the production below. Chunks of this debris can enter the ventilation and clog up the HVAC system. This creates poor indoor air quality, which according to the EPA is a leading environmental threat and cause of airborne sickness. Not to mention, some dusts can become a fire hazard when built up on high surface areas. Numerous explosions have occurred when built up dust created an explosive dust cloud. High surface cleaning services should include:
- Ceiling
- Ceiling truss
- Rafters
- Conduit
- Lighting
- Exterior of ductwork
- Exhaust hood ventilation
- Beams
- Storage racks/shelving
- Fire suppression systems
- Ceiling deck
- Piping
HVAC Duct Cleaning
Commercial duct cleaning can help your business save money on energy by allowing your facility’s ventilation system to run more efficiently, and help reduce the risk of fires in the ductwork — especially in manufacturing facilities where combustible dust is present. It also helps improve indoor air quality by removing dirt, dust and debris from your HVAC system. This includes cleaning the grilles and registers, which helps to keep particles out of the ambient air. In fact, according to the Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) recommends the following for prevention of air duct contamination.
- Perform routine preventive maintenance on HVAC systems, by complying with manufacturer schedules for changing HVAC filters, cleaning coils, and other components.
- Ensure that air intakes are located away from contaminant sources.
- Routine inspections of ductwork. The National Air Duct Cleaning Association (NADCA)’s standard, “Assessment, Cleaning and Restoration of HVAC Systems-ACR 2013,” recommends that HVAC systems be visually inspected for cleanliness at regular intervals, depending on building use. For healthcare facilities, the standard recommends annual inspections of air handling units and supply/return ductwork.
Dry Ice Blast Cleaning
Dry ice blast cleaning uses solid Carbon Dioxide (CO2), a non-abrasive media that won’t damage surfaces or equipment when used as the blast media. The accelerated, super-cooled dry ice pellets or particles are blasted at supersonic speeds and sublimate on impact resulting in the surface being cleaned, lifting dirt and contaminants off the underlying substrate.
UVC Light Disinfection
UVC Light Disinfection uses short-wavelength ultraviolet light to kill or inactivate microorganisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA, leaving them unable to perform vital cellular functions. UVC refers to ultraviolet light with wavelengths between 200 – 280 nanometers (nm). Light in the UVC wavelength can be used for disinfecting duct work, sterilizing surfaces, destroying harmful micro-organisms in food products and in air.
- UVC Lighting at The Coil
- UVGI For HVAC Systems
- Upper Air UVC Solutions
- UVC Light Disinfection Wand
- Mobile Remote UVC Disinfection System
- Ceiling/Wall Mountable Germicidal UVC Systems
- UVC Water Purification
Facility Disinfecting
Facility cleaning/disinfection solutions, has several solutions that can help protect your facility from bacteria and viruses spreading and take over the winter months. According to the CDC, COVID-19 may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a variety of materials.
- Hand Wiping
- Air Purification Systems
- Electrostatic Disinfection
- BIOPROTECTUs™ System
After the Hughes 3-Step Cleaning Service is complete, we can offer your place of business a full media kit to show your employees & visitors/customers that you are fully committed to their health & well-being. This kit includes, a certificate, a digital seal for social media, and a Press Release Template should you desire to alert to the local media.
Hughes is Here to Help
Hughes Environmental specializes in helping facilities become safer, cleaner, and code compliant work environments by providing quality environmental cleaning and facility disinfecting services. We service a wide variety of industries including, Industrial, Commercial, Education, Healthcare, Long-term Care, Hospitality and Government facilities.
Our technicians are trained, certified and up-to-date on common best practices. We have an OSHA trainer on staff, and our technicians have been through OSHA 10- or 30-hour training. We also have Council-certified Indoor Environmentalists (CIE) and Council-certified Microbial Remediators (CMR) on staff.
Routine environmental cleaning services is critical in keeping your building and its occupants safe and healthy.
Contact Us Here or call 888-845-3952 to see how we can help you breathe easier!
