Warehouses and Industrial Spaces: Controlling Pests for Safety

Productivity is key when it comes to serving customer expectations, so warehouses and industrial spaces must be kept organized to run efficiently. However, something as tiny as a single invasive pest can have a massive impact on your industrial space’s safety and quality of service. Here is why industrial pest control is so important for your warehouse.

Dangers of Pests in Warehouses

Despite their small size, pests can have severely negative effects on your warehouse’s efficiency.  Some of the biggest dangers of pests in an industrial space include:

• Property Damage: Pests can potentially ruin your stored products. Insects like termites can chew through packaging as well as wooden beams, putting products and the warehouse’s infrastructure at risk. While other critters such as rodents will often nest in packaging material, contaminating the products inside. Not only will pest infestations lose you revenue with damaged goods, but it can also cost you serious money in property repairs and cleanup costs.

• Less Productivity and Morale: Seeing pests on the job can be a seriously distracting and unpleasant experience for warehouse employees, and dealing with them will take time away from their busy schedule of prepping products for customers. Having to work around a growing pest problem can severely impact your warehouse’s productivity. Additionally, warehouse employees will not want to and should not have to work in an infested space.
  
• Health and Safety Risks: In addition to being a nuisance, pests can cause safety hazards and compromise the health of warehouse employees. Pest feces and urine can become slippery, creating a fall hazard in heavily traveled walkways. Pest droppings can also trigger allergic reactions to those with allergies and respiratory issues. Many pests can also bite, sting and scratch if encountered which could transmit diseases, bacteria, and viruses.

The Problem with Store-Bought Commercial Pest Control

To protect the health and well-being of your employees and keep your warehouse’s reputation intact, you’ll want pest control services that will both treat and prevent any and all pest problems. While store-bought sprays, bombs, and chemical solutions can be temporarily effective, they won’t provide any long-term solutions for your commercial space and could actually create a literal toxic work environment. Instead, you’ll want an industrial control expert with the proper licenses, training and experience to permanently protect your warehouse. Fortunately, Critter Control® of Pittsburgh is here to help.

Trusted Industrial Pest Control for Your Warehouse Space

At Critter Control® of Pittsburgh, our industrial pest control technicians work fast to eliminate infestations and prevent critters from returning. Our four-step CritterSafe® method uses safe, non-toxic and effective techniques to remove the pests quickly and humanely. This process includes:

1. Inspection: Our team begins by conducting a thorough walkthrough of your business’ interior and exterior to determine the size and extent of the infestation and determine pest entry points.
2. Removal: Using non-toxic and eco-friendly practices, we’ll develop a removal plan that fits your budgetary needs.
3. Restoration: Damages caused by the pest infestation are restored to their original condition.
4. Exclusion: Entry points are sealed to prevent future pest problems from occurring.

Whether you have an existing pest problem or want to prevent one from developing, rely on the experienced commercial pest control team at Critter Control® of Pittsburgh. To schedule your inspection and receive a free pest control estimate, call us today at 412-767-4067.