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 Step One – Before Work – Products with BLUE labels

Protect your skin by applying a barrier cream

  • Protects skin from contamination and allows for easier cleaning
  • Oil based for Grease and Oil - Travabon
  • Water based for Oils and General Grime – Stokoderm

Step Two –Cleaning after work - Products with GREEN labels 

Clean your skin after work is performed and skin is soiled

  • Use product to clean hands – apply to dry hands, add water and wash hands
  • Select appropriate product to do the job
    • Light duty cleaners & Sanitizers – Refresh Foam, Estesol
      • Light to moderate dirt and grime
    • Industrial – Solopol, BlueForce
      • General soil levels to moderate oils
    • Heavy duty cleaners – Kresto, Kwik Wipes
      • Heavy amounts of soil oils & greases
    • Specialty for Paint, inks and dyes – Cupran & Reduran

 Step Three – Conditioning – Products with RED labels

Condition your skin after cleaning to prevent chapping, chafing and eczema

  • Keep skin in tact by rehydrating and repairing after cleaning – Stokolan,
  • Heal the hands with medicated conditioners

 How to decide which system to use?

  1. What are the skin care circumstances and do I need all the steps or only parts
    1. Incidents of skin irritation, eczema and dermatitis in the plant will indicate requirements
  2. What soil and conditions are in the plant
    1. Choose the product in each of the categories above that best fit the amount and type of soil
    2. D’limonene cleaners may be a natural solvent but they are a skin irritant
      1. Read the MSDS Section V Health Hazards reads… “May be irritating to skin and eyes. Skin contact may cause slight redness.  Contains a potential skin sensitizer.”  The MSDS goes on to instruct if there is contact with the skin, “wash affected area with copious amounts of soap and water.”
  3. Cost in Use of the soap system
    1. Cost per ML
    2. Usable ml per container – Container ml less waste Left in the container that cannot be dispensed due to dispenser system efficiency
    3. Refill time per unit – How long does it take to refill the dispenser
    4. ML of product dispensed per push
    5. The average number of pushes per hand wash is 2 times
  4. Are there GREEN alternatives

 

   Stockhausen Foam
  29932
Cost per case  $50.00
Units per case 6
Cost per Unit  $ 8.33
ml’s per unit 800
waste per unit 25
usable ml’s per unit 775
Refill time per unit min 0.2
Labor Rate per Hour  $15.00
Cost per unit to refill  $ 0.05
cost per ml  $ 0.0108
ml’s of soap p/push 0.40
cost per push  $ 0.0043
Avg. # pushes p/wash 2.00
Cost per  wash  $ 0.0087
# of washes p/case 5812.5
# of washes p/dollar  116

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