Commercial Cooking:
Practice Occupational Health and Safety
Learning Outcomes:
Identify
Hazards and Risks
The commercial kitchens are the production units
of any organizations whether it is a Hotel, Restaurant, Banquet or any other
business outlet like Fast Food, or road side eateries. These kitchens consist
of mostly white powder coated metallic false ceilings stainless steel kitchen
equipment and kota stone flooring. In some kitchen, we may find aluminium
sheet false ceiling. The light fittings are recessed in false ceiling and have
Perspex cover over the fluorescent tubes to avoid any glass breakage falling in
food items. The kitchen equipment are operated with electricity, LPG, Coal and
water.
Workers
in restaurants are exposed to shocks and electrical hazards from:
1.
Worn electric cords or improperly used or damaged extension cords
2. Improperly
wired or ungrounded outlets
3. Faulty equipment and wiring
4. Damaged receptacles and connectors
5. Wet clean-up processes
6. Unsafe work practices
Apply health, safety and security
procedures in the workplace
Running a business in a cafeteria or a big food service establishment is
a demanding job.
Most kitchen fires occur in
kitchen ranges, boilers or deep-fat fryers and can often be traced back to poor
cleaning regimes.
Consider the following responsibilities if you are a worker or an owner
of such business:
• Protecting your property from
fire; electrical faults, smoking
• Protecting your property from
natural hazards; flood, water escape, storm damage
• Protecting your property from
crime; burglary, theft of money
• Protecting your staff and
visitors from accidents; slips, trips and falls, electricity, fire safety,manual
handling/lifting, accident reporting and investigation
• Legislation that may affect
your business; Fire Safety, Food Hygiene and Electricity
Kitchen Health and Safety Tips
Cooking is fun, but kitchen safety is a priority. Think about it: Knives! Fire! Bacteria! Observing basic rules of kitchen safety is a good habit to develop. Always pay attention to what you’re doing in the kitchen because one slip can cause serious injury or accidents.
Cooking is fun, but kitchen safety is a priority. Think about it: Knives! Fire! Bacteria! Observing basic rules of kitchen safety is a good habit to develop. Always pay attention to what you’re doing in the kitchen because one slip can cause serious injury or accidents.
“Prevention
is better (and cheaper) than cure”.
Students’ Activity: Slogan Making
Instructions:
1. Students are
required to post a comment, type first your name and section before the comment
(Perez, Ana C./Gr.7 - Grapes/comment)
2. Your comment
must include the slogan regarding the kitchen tips for a safety workplace,
contingency measures during workplace accidents, fire and other emergencies and
safety regulations that can eliminate risks.
3. Deadline of
posting of your comment: August 31, 2016
Cristobal, Angela M. /Gr.7- Grapes
TumugonBurahinAddressing health and safety should not be seen as a regulatory burden: it offers significant opportunities. Benefits of health and safety that I got when I read this blog are the following:
• reduced costs;
• reduced risks;
• lower employee absence and turnover rates;
• fewer accidents;
• lessened threat of legal action;
• improved standing among suppliers and partners;
• better reputation for corporate responsibility among investors, customers and communities;
• increased productivity, because employees are healthier, happier and better motivated.
For me “Better a thousand times cautious than once gone”.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about health and safety, it helps me a lot. Thank you and God bless!!!
Punzal, Sienna G. Gr. 7 Mango
TumugonBurahinThis blog is very helpful for us to be aware about the purpose of practicing occupational health and safety. Indeed, we should practice being cautious when it comes to this area. Moreover, this article is beneficial not just in the educational field but in the professional field as well.
I would like to thank the author for providing this information. This article is very useful for us :) God bless.
"Occupational health and safety is a necessity for us to be in line with decency"
TumugonBurahinOHS should always be a part of our everyday living ...the way to a healthy living is a life free from harm and illnesses!
TumugonBurahinEstrella, Mieraflor C./Gr.10-st.Monica/Nice blog, thank you for sharing with us this OHS, It is very helpful."Being Innocent is not an EXCUSE in occurance of accident"
TumugonBurahinEstrella, Mieraflor C./Gr.10-st.Monica/Nice blog, thank you for sharing with us this OHS, It is very helpful."Being Innocent is not an EXCUSE in occurance of accident"
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