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FORM 4 OMB Approval
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ---------------------------
[ ] Check this box if no longer WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0287
subject to Section 16. Form Expires: September 30, 1998
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Estimated average burden
continue. See Instruction 1(b). hours per response.... 0.5
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol | 6. Relationship of Reporting Persons
| | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Black Monte R. | MPW Industrial Services Group, Inc. "MPWG" | __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS or Social | 4. Statement for | _____ Other (specify below)
| Security Number | Month/Year | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
| of Reporting | August 1998 |----------------------------------------
9711 Lancaster Road, S.E. | Person (Voluntary) |-------------------------| 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
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(Street) | | Date of Original | _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
| N/A | (Month/Year) | ___ Form filed by more than one
Hebron Ohio 43025 | | N/A | Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | Table I - Non Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security | 2.Transaction | 3.Transaction | 4.Securities Acquired(A) | 5.Amount of | 6.Owner-| 7.Nature
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of
| (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) | Beneficially| Form: | Indirect
| Year) | | | Owned at End| Direct | Bene-
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| | | | Amount | (A) | Price | (Instr. 3 | Indirect| Owner-
| | Code | V | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
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Common Stock | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5,076,216 | D | N/A
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Common Stock | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 620,000* | I | By wife
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Common Stock | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 503,784* | I | By trust
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned, directly or indirectly. (over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v) SEC 1474 (7.96)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1.Title of Derivative Security | 2.Conversion | 3.Transaction | 4.Transaction | 5.Number of | 6.Date Exer- | 7.Title and Amount
(Instr. 3) | or Exercise | Date | Code | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying
| Price of | | (Instr. 8) | Securities | Expiration Date | Securities
| Derivative | (Month/Day/ | | Acquired (A) | (Month/Day/Year) | (Instr. 3 and 4)
| Security | Year) | | or Disposed | |
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| | | | (Instr. 3, | Date | Expir- | | Amount or
| | | | 4, and 5) | Exer- | ation | Title | Number of
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| | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | | | |
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Employee Stock | $10.69 | 8/18/98 | A | V |35,000| N/A | ** | 8/18/98| Common | 35,000
Option (right to buy) | | | | | | | | | Stock |
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8.Price of | 9.Number of | 10.Ownership | 11.Nature of |
Derivative | Derivative | Form of | Indirect |
Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
(Instr. 5) | Beneficially | Security; | Ownership |
| Owned at End | Direct (D) or | (Instr. 4) |
| of Month | Indirect (I) | |
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N/A | 35,000 | D | N/A |
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EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:
* The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that
the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other person.
** Exerciseable in annual increments of 8,750 each beginning on August 18, 1999, the first anniversary of the date of grant.
By: /s/ MONTE R. BLACK BY BRAD A. MARTYN, POWER OF ATTORNEY 9/1/98
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form
are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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CONFIRMING STATEMENT
This Statement confirms that the undersigned, Monte R. Black,
has authorized and designated each of Ira O. Kane, Daniel P. Buettin and Brad A.
Martyn, signing singly, to execute and file on the undersigned's behalf all
Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be
required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of
the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of MPW Industrial
Services Group, Inc. The authority of Ira O. Kane, Daniel P. Buettin and Brad A.
Martyn under this Statement shall continue until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of
or transactions in securities of MPW Industrial Services Group, Inc., unless
earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned acknowledges that Ira O. Kane,
Daniel P. Buettin and Brad A. Martyn are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Dated: 2/11/98 /s/ Monte R. Black
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Monte R. Black
