Janitorial / Cleaning Staff Workers Comp Guide
This occupation's two dominant risks — chemicals and wet floors — are also the ones the job exists to manage for everyone else.
Common Injuries in This Occupation
Chemical Exposure From Cleaning Products
Regular use of cleaning chemicals, sometimes in combination, creates both acute exposure risk (skin or respiratory irritation from a specific incident) and longer-term occupational illness risk from repeated exposure over time.
Slip-and-Fall Irony
Janitorial workers are often injured by the very wet floors and cleaning hazards they're responsible for managing — these claims are usually straightforward to establish as work-related, since the connection between the job duties and the hazard is direct.
Working Alone or Off-Hours
Janitorial work often happens during off-hours with minimal supervision, which can affect how quickly an injury is discovered and reported — prompt self-reporting matters more in this field than in occupations with more constant supervision.
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