At TRSA’s recent Leadership & Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, the association’s Safety Committee gathered to discuss upcoming projects and how to improve safe practices across the industry. While plant safety remains at the forefront of many operators’ minds, the committee outlined another area that launderers should focus on for improvement—the safety of industry route service representatives (RSRs). 
 
“In the route sales business, and particularly industrial laundries, worker’s comp. usually gets the headlines because there are so many accidents and injuries, so fleet usually takes a backseat to that,” says Carrie Williams, senior director of safety and ...