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Your Hands To Yourself
Excerpted
from Executive Housekeeping Today
By Ty Acton
 While
equipment manufacturers often include a host of safety precautions
in their designs such as red, automatic stop buttons and conveyor
guard rails, the automated machinery is still mindless and
indifferent to whether it is washing or pressing a uniform,
a napkin or a human. Reducing the need for contact with moving
parts and making it physically difficult to access the machinery
internals play key roles in preventing accidents.
The smooth
movement of today’s automated processing lines may sometimes
create a false sense of security among workers, who in the
desire to perform their jobs well, may skirt safety procedures
to free a jammed article. Freeing a towel caught on a metal
shelf in an old, aluminum laundry cart by hand is hardly dangerous
but freeing a towel caught in the feed roll of a flatwork
ironer can be a perilous act that must be discouraged. A better,
more modern way to free a jam in an ironer is to install a
raising rig system, which instantly raises the rolls and stops
their rotation at the push of a button.
Another
effective method is to dress the ironer with the proper roll
cover in the first place to promote smooth feeding and eliminate
the problem that entices workers to engage in risky behaviors.
Workers need to be trained and retrained to recognize when
such a situation may present a safety hazard. A consistent
maintenance program with regular cleaning of appropriate equipment
also minimizes the potential for machinery miscues.
Read
more (link to full article on TingueBrownCo.com).
Latest
Innovation
When
tasked with laundering new linens, most laundry managers come
up with their washroom recipe based on equal helpings of trial,
error and experience. For laundering delicate hospitality
linens, a number of customers with loads of experience have
tried using our Lubri-Kleen #1 Concentrate in the wash and
have reduced errors in finishing. The liquid concentrate is
added to the wash formula during the final bath of the wash
cycle to lubricate and soften the linens. Upon arriving at
the flatwork ironer, the linens feed more smoothly and easily
to cut misfeed rates, reduce go backs and support worker safety.
From
the Editor
 Finding
and hiring talented people of good character who enjoy the
rewards of hard work has always been a key responsibility
of any sales manager. I received an email today from someone
interested in becoming a Tingue rep and as I considered his
skills and experience, I wondered if this person would still
be with us in 30 years. Was he a person of good character?
Someone I could entrust to work with people who have been
our customers since I was in grade school? Would he value
the rewards of hard work?
What I was really
asking myself was, “Would this person be like Don Nauta?”
Don Nauta, our
rep for New York joined the company in 1979. Congratulations
to Don on his nearly 30 years of service.
Call
me anytime with questions or email tacton@tingue.com.
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