Industries
Warehouse and Light Industrial Cleaning
In a warehouse, cleaning is a safety programme. OSHA's general housekeeping standard (29 CFR §1910.22) requires floors to be kept clean, orderly and in a sanitary condition, with aisles and passageways clear. Most warehouse cleaning spending should therefore go to floors, aisles, dust control and dock areas — not to the office at the front.
Floors Are the Whole Job
Slip, trip and fall is the dominant injury category in warehousing, and the majority of it traces to floor condition: dust film reducing traction, spills not addressed, debris in aisles, and pallet residue. A ride-on or walk-behind scrubber on a proper schedule does more for your incident rate than anything else in a cleaning contract.
Sealed concrete needs the right chemistry — degreasers that are too aggressive strip the seal and you end up with dusting concrete, which is a worse problem. Line marking needs protection during scrubbing or it wears out in a season.
High-Level Dust Is a Fire and Air Quality Issue
Dust accumulating on racking, beams, sprinkler heads, light fixtures and ductwork is not cosmetic. It affects sprinkler activation, it becomes an air quality issue when disturbed by forklift traffic, and in facilities handling combustible dusts it is a recognised hazard. Racking and high-level dust removal belongs on a scheduled programme with HEPA capture rather than dispersal.
Docks, and the Part Everyone Forgets
Dock areas take the worst of the weather, the traffic and the debris. Dock levellers, seals, approach areas and the immediate exterior are the dirtiest and most safety-critical part of most facilities, and they are frequently outside the cleaning scope entirely. Staff restrooms and break rooms in industrial facilities are the other systematic gap — usually cleaned to a lower standard than a front office nobody uses.
Our Protocol for This Environment
- Machine floor scrubbing on a schedule matched to traffic, with chemistry appropriate to the seal
- Aisle and passageway clearing and debris removal per OSHA 29 CFR §1910.22 housekeeping
- Line marking protected during floor work
- Racking, beam, sprinkler head and light fixture dust removal with HEPA capture
- Dock levellers, seals, approach areas and immediate exterior on a defined frequency
- Staff restrooms and break rooms to office standard, not industrial standard
- Office and administrative areas within the facility on standard commercial scope
- Spill response protocol with the correct absorbents staged on site
- Pallet debris, shrink wrap and cardboard staged for recycling
Get a Scope Built for Your Space
We will walk the space, ask the questions specific to your environment, and send back a written scope, a fixed price and the exclusions.
Get a Scope for This Space
Written scope, fixed price and exclusions, usually within two business days.
We reply to every request. If your building needs a Certificate of Insurance or vendor registration, we handle that paperwork before the first night.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should a warehouse floor be scrubbed?
Weekly at minimum for a facility with regular forklift traffic; several times a week in high-throughput operations. The right frequency is the one that keeps a visible dust film from forming, because that film is what reduces traction.
Do you clean racking?
Yes, on a scheduled programme with HEPA capture rather than blowing dust down into the operation. Anything requiring lift equipment beyond standard reach is coordinated with the appropriate certified operator.
Can you work around our shifts?
Yes — most industrial work happens in whatever window has the least traffic, which in a two-shift operation is often a weekend or an overnight gap. Tell us your operating pattern and we will build the schedule around it.
Ready for a Cleaning Contract You Can Actually Read?
Send us your square footage and how many nights you need. You get a written scope, a fixed monthly price, and the SLA in the same document — usually within two business days.