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  • 26 Feb 2019 12:10 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Cincinnati, names the Bengals, Hamilton County and Aramark Business Facilities, the company that provides janitorial services at the stadium.

    Scott Poston, of Fort Thomas, attended the Oct. 14, 2018 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with his son. He says he's been a season ticket holder for more than 20 years.


    Poston said he slipped when he was walking into the bathroom in Section 149.

    According to the lawsuit, here’s what caused him to fall:

    Someone vomited inside a stall, and stadium personnel tried to clean it up using a substance, called “D-Vour.”

    More at source: Cincinnati.com 

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  • 25 Feb 2019 8:54 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A store manager who claimed that an on-the-job fall was to blame for spinal injuries necessitating surgery was paid a $1.5 million settlement on Jan. 7 in his Monmouth County suit against the company tasked with cleaning the store, Giannone v. Professional Janitorial Maid Services.


    On the early morning of May 30, 2014, Frank Giannone, then 57, was at the Marshalls store on Central Avenue in Clark, opening up the store for employees to enter and begin working. As he walked from the front doors back to his office, he slipped and fell on a wet floor, he claimed in his suit, which named as a defendant Professional Janitorial Maid Services LLC of Eatontown, which provided cleaning services for the store.

    More at source: Law.com

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    Slip and fall, lawsuit, slip & fall cleaning service, janitorial insurance for slip and fall 



  • 22 Feb 2019 8:08 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    With the recent polar vortex and all the cold weather still hanging around much of the nation, spring cleaning might be the last thing on your mind. And that's fine, for now.


    But before you know it, the sun will be shining bright, birds will be chirping relentlessly and flowers will be budding. You'll definitely want to open the windows, get some fresh air and scrub away all the grimy remnants from the long cold winter. 

    More at source: Kim Komando

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  • 19 Feb 2019 8:05 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    As part of his scheme, and to ensure that his fraudulent invoices were accepted, Bleicher paid a contractor working in the facilities department of Company 1 who was responsible for the janitorial supplies.

    Once that contractor left, Bleicher continued his fraudulent activity with the contractor’s replacement and rewarded him by buying him expensive dinners, taking him to professional sports games like the Philadelphia 76ers, and providing him with expensive wines.


    Later, Bleicher recruited an employee of Company 1 and gave her the fraudulent invoices to submit for payment.

    Bleicher admitted that he used the money he got from the scheme – $1,917,381,00 – on numerous personal expenditures, such as Rolex watches, two Rolls Royce automobiles, two Subaru automobiles, motorcycles, home renovations and college tuition for his children.

    More at source: NJ Today

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  • 17 Feb 2019 8:32 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    WARNING! - This is a biohazard cleaning situation. Any member, employee, or cleaning service that is cleaning any facility that processes or handles any deer, elk, or moose meat or anything that is related to wild game processing OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Safety Standards should be followed. 

    CNN - Chronic wasting disease has been detected in wild deer, elk or moose in 24 States, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning hunters to avoid handling or eating potentially infected meat.

    The disease affects the central nervous system and animals can show signs of drastic weight loss, lack of coordination and listlessness. It can make them more aggressive and less afraid of human contact, the center says.


    It's in the same family of disease as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which the CDC describes as "a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorder."

    In Tennessee, cases of CWD as of Jan. 2019 include: 

    1. Fayette County
    2. Hardeman County

    In Virginia, the cases include: 

    1. Frederick
    2. Shenandoah

    The center says scientists believe the contagious disease is passed between animals through bodily fluids.

    More at source: WJHL

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  • 17 Feb 2019 8:15 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

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  • 11 Feb 2019 7:12 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A Palmer company is getting ready to ship out the first piece of machinery made under its multi-million-dollar contract for the Navy, using technology 15 years in the making.

    The final product is called MCRRS, short for Mobile Cleaning Reclaim Recycle System. It's designed to clean flight decks on aircraft carriers.

    Triverus CEO Hans Vogel is the man behind the idea.


    "Sometimes people talk about us being like high-tech janitors, and that's kind of what we are," Vogel said.

    The Navy needed a new method of keeping their flight decks clean and safe, according to Vogel. He wanted to create something that would prevent oil and fuel spills from slickening the deck as well as prevent particles or debris from being sucked into aircraft engines, all while keeping the environment safe.

    More at source: KTVA

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  • 05 Feb 2019 6:31 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The Brutal Economy of Cleaning Other People’s Messes, for $9 an Hour

    Cleaning, which soon became the main source of Land’s income (she also did yardwork), proved grueling and tedious labor. To every house, she lugged “two spray bottles, one container of powdered Comet, two sponges, one pair of yellow gloves, 50 white rags, two dusters, one Oreck vacuum, two mop handles.” As a rule, she started in the upper left corner of the building or room and worked her way across and down until she was done — not unlike a reader. Her boss referred to her as the business’s best cleaner. Clients who had found fault with other employees did not complain about her.

    More at source: New York Times

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  • 01 Feb 2019 6:56 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Do Cleaning Products Really Cause Cancer?


    During the research, a control group of 787 women from Massachusetts who have been diagnosed with breast cancer were compared to healthy (non-cancer diagnosed) 721 women of the same or similar age who have lived in or around the same area. All participants were questioned about their family health history, living habits such as eating, smoking, alcohol use, exercise, etc. They were also asked about their use of pesticides and cleaning products.

    The Outcome

    The results from the study show that the top 25% of women who reported highest use of cleaning products were at least 2 times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who reported the lowest use. The participants who indicated that they use air fresheners and mould and mildew removers often had 70% increased chance of cancer. These statistics sound really scary, but there is a spinner.

    More at source: News Anyway

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  • 29 Jan 2019 7:40 PM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Facing rent and mortgage payments, federal Janitorial contractors demand back pay

    Seeking fair pay for federal workers

    This afternoon, a coalition of lawmakers and members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) held a press conference to announce a concerted push for contractor back pay.


    The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act, supported by a number of Democrats in the House and Senate, would provide up to $600 per paycheck in back pay for furloughed federal contracted employees, including janitorial, food and security workers, tapping into money already allocated to pay workers in January..

    More at source: Curbed

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