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As an independently owned and operated cleaning business, with a long history of success, our priority has always been safety.

As employees return to work following the COVID-19 closures, companies will need to address both the physical and mental stress around potential viral exposure. As employees move back to the workplace after months of sheltering at home, a well-planned process for cleaning and sanitation is critical for ensuring that the risk of coronavirus exposure has […]

As a managed labor staffing and janitorial service provider, our employees are your employees and they are the most important asset we have. When they are happy and safe, red KPIs turn to green. That is why safety is our #1 priority. LACOSTA is an industry leader in safety and safety standards. Our dedicated Safety […]

Did you know that you can reduce recordable incidents and factory fatigue simply by painting your ceilings and walls white? The wisdom and evidence of this is over 100 years old and we couldn’t have put it better ourselves. From Safety Engineering, Volume 34, No. 316 (published in 1917): “An important adjunct to factory illumination […]

As noted by Jacob Passy in his article Why temp work is not a safe bet on MarketWatch, “The lack of coordination between staffing agencies and employers, and the gaps in the legal protections for workers have created a dangerous situation for temporary workers, according to a study of temp workers in Pennsylvania conducted by […]

Heat Illnesses Can be Fatal; Would You Know What to Do? Did you know your body is constantly in a struggle to disperse the heat it produces? Most of the time, you’re hardly aware of it – unless your body is exposed to more heat than it can handle. In 2014, 244 people died in […]