Return to Work Focus | How to Ensure the Health and Safety of Laundry Shop Employees? Here Are CERCLEAN®'s Eight Recommendations!
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2020-02-19 13:22
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By mid-February, the COVID-19 pandemic that has continued since the end of 2019 is gradually moving towards favorable control, and more companies and employees are turning their attention to resuming work. For the laundry industry, the health and safety issues faced by employees during the resumption of work have also become an urgent concern. The International Laundry Industry Standardized Operation System Certification (hereinafter referred to as CERCLEAN®) provides professional advice on employee safety issues, which is shared below for your reference.
CERCLEAN® Certification's Relevant Discussions on Laundry Shop Employee Health and Safety
For laundry shops, the importance of employee safety goes without saying. Employees here include not only formal employees but also temporary staff or employees of other partners temporarily working for the laundry shop (such as installers, repair personnel). Ensuring their work safety is also the responsibility of the laundry shop! In the CERCLEAN® certification system, a dedicated chapter is set up to evaluate employee health and safety content. This chapter covers employee safety comprehensively from macro policies to specific details, from management strategies to specific management methods and tools for implementation. We have listed eight aspects closely related to laundry shops as follows.
CERCLEAN® Legal and Compliant Employment
Special attention is paid to whether the laundry shop's working environment meets legal requirements and whether employment is lawful. For example, whether formal labor contracts have been signed with employees and whether they comply with legal requirements.
CERCLEAN® Clear Management Framework
CERCLEAN® recommends that laundry shop employees be managed by dedicated personnel responsible for supervision tasks and responsibilities. It is suggested that the company have a clear organizational chart to check the directory of departments and employees, including each person's name, duties, and contact information, so that in case of any situation, the specific person can be contacted immediately.
CERCLEAN® Specific and Feasible Safety Action Plan
When facing dangerous situations, laundry shop managers must develop clear action plans to respond to potential hazards. The action plan should be known to all employees and empower everyone to report environmental and safety issues. Laundry shops should post safety management regulations for every employee to consult. Moreover, CERCLEAN® requires laundry shops to keep accident and absentee records. The purpose of absentee records is to help managers understand employees' health status, aiming to prevent or reduce health problems among employees as much as possible.
CERCLEAN® First Aid and Emergency Response CERCLEAN® requires laundry shops to appoint first aiders and provide annual training on their responsibilities and first aid skills. CERCLEAN® stipulates that washing sites must have valid eyewash stations and first aid kits to reduce harm caused by mishandling chemicals such as perchloroethylene. Employees need to be informed about the organization of first aid, procedures for reporting accidents to fire departments, police, and ambulances, and emergency phone numbers should be clearly visible in the workshop.
CERCLEAN® Protection of the Working Environment
CERCLEAN® focuses on workspace, equipment, and working methods. For example, from an ergonomic perspective, CERCLEAN® proposes that employee workstations should be adjustable to accommodate different heights; it also requires regular inspections of various elements in the work environment to ensure preventive measures protect employee safety, extract risk lists, and develop targeted action plans.
CERCLEAN® Providing Relevant Information and Education to Employees
Besides requirements for managers, CERCLEAN® also requires employees to be aware of and recognize the laundry shop's working environment, understand the quality objectives of the laundry shop and how to achieve them, and be able to interpret care labels and various safety signs.
CERCLEAN® Safety Guidelines and Personal Protective Equipment
CERCLEAN® requires managers to guide employees on handling hazardous substances, instruct employees on using protective devices, and ensure managers have sufficient and effective personal protective equipment (gloves, goggles, masks, etc.) to prevent harm from hazardous substances (hazardous substance properties can refer to MSDS).
CERCLEAN® Employee Training Plan
This module requires laundry shops to develop employee training plans and conduct regular training for new and current employees according to the plan.
Due to limited space and copyright restrictions, this article only lists eight key points related to employee safety for industry colleagues' reference. Through the standardized operations advocated by CERCLEAN®, safety awareness can be cultivated to the greatest extent from managers to employees, establishing the most practical protective measures to ensure personnel safety and health.
The Necessity of the International Laundry Industry Standardized Operation System Certification (CERCLEAN® Certification)
CERCLEAN® is a professional certification system for the laundry industry based on environmental protection, safety, and health. It is the only specialized certification system internationally targeting the laundry industry and has been practiced in Europe for decades. In 2018, the China Commercial Federation Laundry Professional Committee (CLA) and the International Textile Care Council (CINET) jointly introduced it to China. CERCLEAN® certification can be subdivided into laundry shop type, laundry factory type, and medical laundry institutions with higher health and safety requirements.
The advantage of the International Laundry Industry Standardized Operation System Certification (CERCLEAN® Certification) also lies in its complete technical and process output. Based on focusing on results, it standardizes and normalizes existing procedures of laundry enterprises, providing certified companies with a model to replicate and design their standardized processes. It will also bring more visible changes and benefits to industry colleagues through more detailed regulations and audits. Currently, many companies such as Guangzhou Tiantian, Kunshan Ziwei, Shanghai Shicao, Dongguan Jieda, and Dalian Youbang have obtained this certification. If you want to learn more about CERCLEAN®, please contact us as follows.
Contact Information for CERCLEAN® Certification Consultation
1) China Commercial Federation Laundry Professional Committee
010-66094020/010-66094009
2) Lanzhun Consulting
Landline: 021-54271566
Mobile: 18512121706 (WeChat same number)
Email:
cerclean@luxwin.com.cn
Contact: Teacher Sun
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