Many companies have made great strides in reducing workplace illnesses and injuries, and from 2017 to 2021 the linen, uniform and facility services industry experienced across-the-board reductions in its injury and illness rates. Many TRSA members have reported fewer incidents, according to the 2022 TRSA Industry Safety Report. But not everyone is on the same improvement trajectory.

February’s Textile Services magazine will include a feature article on a recently refurbished, highly automated healthcare plant, the HCSC Laundry in Camden, NJ.

Robert W. Baird & Co. and TRSA recently released the results of their Fourth-Quarter 2022 Uniform & Linen Rental Survey. A majority of survey respondents on both the uniform and linen rental side of the business reported revenues meeting or exceeding their expectations in the final quarter of 2022.

TRSA’s recently released Industry Performance Report shows many financial indicators improving to pre-COVID levels. Using 2021 financial data collected from TRSA members on a confidential basis and compiled by the MacKay Research Group, Boulder, CO, the TRSA report is the only industrywide research report that enables operators to compare their income statements, balance sheets, and financial and employee productivity ratios.

Now available for download, the 2022 TRSA Plant Employee Compensation Report provides detailed salary, wage and fringe benefit results for linen, uniform and facility services operators. This year, the survey was revised to include salary and hourly rates in ranges, instead of exact numbers.

TRSA recently released the results of its annual national safety survey, which demonstrated the linen, uniform and facility services industry continuing to make dramatic progress toward achieving its goal of eliminating occupational injuries and illnesses in its facilities.

TRSA recently conducted the Healthcare Laundry Benchmarking Survey with the goal of providing a valuable business planning tool for healthcare laundry operators and to provide a resource to the healthcare sector. Specific operational, financial and strategic questions were developed by the TRSA Healthcare Committee and TRSA staff leadership in conjunction with the Mackay Research Group, a third-party research firm that conducted the benchmarking survey.