You know that feeling you get when you spend all of your time dusting just to find the places you cleaned are already dusty again! Yeah, annoying, isn’t it? However, the solution to your problem maybe something you are overlooking. An area can seem spotless, but unless high ceiling dusting services have been performed there will still be incredible amounts of dirt present. Not to mention, combustible dust explosion hazards.
The ceiling is full of support beams, piping, ventilation ductwork, and various other types of high surfaces. Dirt and dust travels through the air and lands on these high surfaces, where they accumulate quickly. Since these areas are out of reach and out of sight they don’t get regularly cleaned, which will increase the risks associated with the lack of high ceiling dusting. Besides being really annoying right after you finished cleaning, why does high ceiling dusting matter?
How High Ceiling Dusting Keeps Your Facility Clean and Healthy
Removes Accumulated Dust on High Surfaces
High surface dusting removes dust, dirt, grease, and other toxic materials commonly found on the rafters and ceilings of manufacturing and production facilities. The vibrations in facilities like these can shake built up dust loose, causing it to contaminate the production below.
Not to mention, OSHA & the NFPA can give violations and fines for having unsafe levels of dust on ceilings and rafters.
Improves Indoor Air Quality
Commercial duct cleaning can help improve indoor air quality by removing dirt, dust, other airborne contaminants and allergens out of the air from your facility’s HVAC system.
Not only does duct cleaning also improves your facility’s air quality, but allows your facility’s HVAC system to run more efficiently.
Improves Employee Health
Dirty ducts are the perfect breeding ground for mites, mold, bacteria, viruses, and other poisons that could contribute to Sick Building Syndrome. Mites and mold can cause allergic reactions in some people; bacteria and viruses will spread throughout the building making your employees sick.
Dust can also be a slipping hazard when it collects on walking surfaces; the small particles reduce the traction that people are used to when walking in a building. Slips are one of the main causes of workplace injury, and within those injuries dust is one of the main causes of those slips.
Prevents Combustible Dust Risks
Properly removing combustible dust with the right equipment and gear helps to lessen the risk of a dust explosion during the cleaning process. Industrial facilities, produce a lot of dust, and over time that dust collects on machinery, floors, and on high surfaces. These types of dusts can pose as fire hazard when they collect in large enough areas. Many secondary explosions in factories have been caused by an explosive dust cloud forming when dust is knocked down from these high surfaces.
OSHA has been paying attention to the dangers that dust in the workplace can create and has been cracking down on companies that aren’t following housekeeping rules. The Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program was created by OSHA to deal with this issue, and has already cited almost five thousand businesses for dust accumulations, with fines ranging from thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands.
Helps You Avoid OSHA Fines
OSHA has been paying attention to the dangers that dust in the workplace can create and has been cracking down on companies that aren’t following housekeeping rules. The Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program was created by OSHA to deal with this issue, and has already cited almost five thousand businesses for dust accumulations, with fines ranging from thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands.
For more information about high ceiling dusting for your facility, Contact Us Here or call us at 888-845-3952 to find out how Hughes Environmental can help you keep your facility’s dust under control.
