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

The textile services industry, which includes TRSA members, reduced its total recordable incident rate (TRIR) by 7.1% from 2017–’21. By comparison, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the linen and uniform supply industry’s TRIR rate decreased by 5.2% from 2017–’21. During the same period, the manufacturing industry reduced its TRIR rate by 5.7% while all private industry saw a ...