A property manager walks the lot on Monday morning and sees nothing wrong. By Friday, a customer has slipped on gravel near the entrance, and the incident report lands on her desk. The hazard was already there, hidden under dust, leaves, and loose grit that everyone ignored. That is the quiet cost of skipping retail parking lot sweeping: risk builds slowly, then shows up all at once as an injury claim or a tenant complaint. Here is where the hazards hide and how a structured