Preventing Injuries from Mopping - Correct Mopping Method

I’m always on the hunt for relevant info and I loved this - one of the best articles I’ve seen on this topic for a while. Here are a few paragraphs as a taster...

REGULAR MAINTENANCE

Regular maintenance is most likely to cause fatigue and injury because it involves mopping a large area and it’s often done daily. If this type of mopping is done with a traditional looped end wet mop, mop handle and mop bucket & wringer, it’s not surprising that it would cause injury.

CLEANING UP SPILLS

When cleaning up spills it’s still best to use a traditional looped end style wet mops. They have far greater capacity to absorb liquid and soil than microfiber flat mops do. In most environments the time spent cleaning up spills will be a fraction of the time spend maintaining floors, for this reason we can safely use traditional mops without having the kind of exposure to injury that we’d have if we were using them for both types of mopping.

Pretty valuable stuff, I’m sure you’ll agree! Why not check out the whole article here and share your thoughts with me afterwards: call (0403) 585-874 or email me at [email protected].

Thanks,

Paul