Safety Basics

Safety Basics

Room Attendants: Safety Video Series

This video series provides safe work practices to help prevent injuries to room attendants. The videos show how to make beds, clean bathrooms, wring cloths, dust high surfaces, empty trash cans, and vacuum.

Safety Basics

Workplace Safety in the Foodservice Industry

Workplace Safety in the Foodservice Industry is one of a series of Culinary Arts books developed to support the training of students and apprentices in BC’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.

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When Injuries Happen: Easing the Sting for Employees and Employers

This article describes how injury management practices can benefit a company.

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Hot Stuff – Burn Hazards

This article describes burn hazards, many of which involve hot water and oil. It includes safety tips.

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Five Ways Your Small Business Will Profit by Implementing a Health & Safety Program

This article describes how an OHS program can reduce WorkSafeBC premiums, improve employee morale, decrease employee turnover costs, and improve the customer experience.

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Working Safely with Ladders

This PowerPoint presentation describes the four basic components of ladder safety. It includes information on deciding when to use a ladder, inspecting ladders, setting up ladders, and climbing ladders.

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Safe Operating Procedure: Slips, Trips, and Falls

This document describes basic tips to help prevent slips, trips, and falls. You can customize it as necessary so it applies to your specific workplace.

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Reference Check Health and Safety Questions (Cook)

This hiring tool provides a list of questions to use when doing a reference check on a prospective cook candidate.

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Physical Demands Job Analysis (Cook)

Kitchen managers and supervisors can customize this form to document the physical demands their cooks face while working.

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Slips and Trips: The Importance of Floor Cleaning

This information sheet describes floor cleaning tips that help reduce slipping and tripping risks.