When a Watermain broke at 5 am and launched greater than 1,000,000 liters of water, overwhelmed a number of hospital buildings, the devoted EVS workforce of Crothall jumped into motion.

The flood passed off within the Allegheny Common Hospital in Pittsburgh on December 4, 2024, however due to 12 Crothall EV's flooring technicians, the hospital continued to work as normal, just some outpatient providers needed to transfer. And since the Crothall workforce retains loads of secure house for affected person care, there was little delay within the affected person providers.

“Our 12-day shift flooring technicians took their machines and shortly moved to each place the place the water flooded the buildings,” mentioned Erik Brown, the EVS director at Allegheny Common. “They labored their whole shift to forestall water from damaging places of work, examination rooms, suites, lifts and different house within the hospital.”

The water flowed within the hospital for about seven hours. However geared up with computerized scrubbers, moist vacuum cleaners, unplug and different flood tools, the ground technicians have diverted the water away from affected person and customer areas. Mixed with housekeepers and flooring technicians on all 3 providers, they continued to take away and waste water for the following seven days.

Brown estimates that they labored collectively for about 250 hours for seven days and had pulled individuals from regular work areas and with additional time to finish the job. After that they had eliminated the water, they scrub the flooring, whereas most housekeepers adopted by disinfecting and cleansing the constructing.

“The management workforce of the hospital was very grateful for our response to the flood and our means to regulate the water with out influencing the affected person providers,” mentioned Brown. “I imagine it has proven how a lot worth we are able to provide throughout an emergency, and it elevated their stage of belief in our prospects.”

The hospital acknowledged the first-shift flooring technicians as the staff of the month earlier than December 2024. They embrace Cody Okay, Donald W, Guna S, Damar R, Justin G, Jesse M, Alex Z, Deron G, Daybreak O, Walt Z and Deion H.

From left to proper:

Again – Cody Okay, Donald W, Guna S, Damar R, Justin G, Jesse M, Alex Z

Entrance – Deron G, Daybreak O, Walt Z

Seated – Dion H