How to reduce contamination levels in factories

The biggest carrier of contaminated powdered substances i.e. lead, aluminium oxide,  into a factory or workshop is with shoes. 

Here are some points to reduce this problem:

• Use entrance mats the longer the better at every entrance to the factory.
• Control areas e.g. "No go for safety boots"
• If possible or practical get staff to wear flat soles shoes.
• Introduce an intercom system in "no go areas" so staff wearing dirty footware can communicate with management.
• Use the latest technology, vacuum entrance mats, to vacuum clean the soles of shoes and stop the dirt from entering the building.
• Maintain a regular cleaning schedule with use of specialist cleaning companies.

Reduce your floor cleaning effort

A company based in South Africa, Port Elizabeth (of all places?) has come up with a revolutionary way of reducing the floor cleaning effort.

It is actually a doormat or entrance mat the vacuum cleans the soles of an occupants shoes as he or she enters a building. This is just brilliant!

What would be better than a machine doing the vacuum cleaning for you. No labour issues, wiring leads in the way and wet patches in the path which invites accidents and lawsuits. Just pure automation. The job is done without human intervention and you can concentrate on what you do best...running your business.

What a bliss for any cleaning company trying to reduce their operational overheads. They could hire the machine out to clients.

Whats is more.... electricity usage drops! Instead of pushing a rotary/scrubber for hours, burning up precious electricity, the entrance mat cleans in seconds and ......wait for it ......switches itself off when no one is there.

All the dirt is stored in a tidy, easy to remove tray!


Just check out this website www.steponit.co.za


Check this video of the machine in action. video