10 Reasons Why You Need Proactive Lighting Maintenance

Do you have a current plan in place for your lighting maintenance today? Do you simply wait for your fixtures to go out and then contact the electrician to come in replace them? Is it difficult to get work orders filled for your lighting system?  A proactive lighting maintenance program can be an essential solution for your business. If you never thought about using proactive lighting solutions, here are some of the top reasons why you should consider hiring a company to maintain your commercial lighting system before there’s a problem.

Improvements to Productivity

Injuries and illnesses throughout a workplace cost businesses up to $60 billion each year. Lighting can directly enhance the productivity, health and safety of your employees. Maintaining a lighting system proactively can work to reduce sick days by up to 10% and improve productivity across the board. 

You Can Protect Your Parking Lot

A driver is much more likely to have an accident or slip and fall in a dimly lit parking lot. Badly lit parking lots can contribute to accidents and also contribute to crime as well. Maintaining lighting systems can make sure that you can remove safety risks from your premises.

Occupational Illnesses And Injuries Can Cost A Lot

Improper lighting can lead to slip and falls and any type of injury on your facility can lead to major expenses. Businesses shell out nearly $170 billion a year in costs that are associated with occupational injuries.

Maintaining Lit Walkways Is Important

Walkways across your business are riddled with tripping hazards such as loose pavement, step ups, flooring and more. Installing the proper lighting systems for your walkways and maintaining these lighting systems can reduce slip and fall risks.

Poor Lighting Contributes To Lost Time

With 3% of your workforce regularly being off as a result of a work-related illness or injury, you can reduce your risk for these factors increasing by eliminating areas of poor lighting across your premises.

You Increase Your Risk When You Perform Labor At High Elevation

Not very many commercial buildings can be worked on without the use of a ladder. Proactive maintenance on your lighting systems can eliminate the need for your employees to climb up a ladder as a necessary means to change your lighting. If you get regular lighting maintenance you could be lowering your workers compensation insurance premiums as well.

Electricity Carries a Large Risk

Workers that try to perform amateur maintenance on lighting systems are at risk for electrocution. One worker is injured due to electrocution every day on the job site in the United States. Messing around with ballasts and light bulbs when you are not familiar with the technology can be a huge safety risk. Eliminating the need to perform this type of maintenance often means calling the professionals in early for proactive maintenance.

You Can Reduce Crime

Adding professional security lighting to your parking lot can be one of the best documented ways that you can reduce crime in the workplace. Adding in new lighting solutions for your parking garage and throughout the exterior of your facility can work to reduce the chance that your employees or guests will be involved in some type of crime.

You Can Reduce Motor Vehicle Theft And Property Crimes

Having a well lit parking lot can also work to reduce vehicle theft and property theft from your employees. Upgrading your parking lot lighting or parking garage lighting can make sure that your property is well protected. Maintaining an excellent parking garage and parking lot will lead to proactive improvement for your facility.

You Could Prevent Violent Crime

Nearly 8% of violent crimes that occur in the United States happen in parking lots and garages. Making efforts to improve your outdoor spaces can protect your employees.

If you are interested in improving your lighting maintenance program and you want to properly protect your employees, contact us today and we can create solutions for you.