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The Catering Services Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Knife injuries
- Slips and falls due to wet floor
- 2. Cooking
- Burns from hot surfaces or steam
- Exposure to harmful bacteria
- 3. Cleaning
- Chemical hazards from cleaning products
- Musculoskeletal disorders from heavy lifting
- 4. Serving
- Trip hazards from electrical cords or clutter
- Burns from hot plates or dishes
- 5. Dishwashing
- Dermatitis from constant wet work
- Knife cuts
- 6. Maintenance of equipment
- Electric shock
- Trapped fingers in machinery
- 7. Furniture setup
- Movements causing strains
- Falling objects during repositioning
- 8. Handling leftovers
- Food poisoning from improperly stored food
- Cuts from sharp container lids
- 9. Waste disposal
- Infections from handling waste
- Heavy lifting injuries
- 10. Stock rotation
- Back injury due to improper handling
- Falling objects from shelves
- 11. Lift heavy boxes
- Musculoskeletal strain
- Trip and fall risk
- 12. Use a slicer
- Hand injuries
- Eye injury from blade splinters
- 13. Baking
- Burns from hot oven
- Ingestion or inhalation of raw ingredients
- 14. Delivering service outside
- Weather extremities causing health concerns
- Traffic accidents while transporting food
- 15. Trolley load/unload
- Musculoskeletal disorders due to lifting
- Foot injuries due to dropped objects
- 16. Chopping foods
- Hand and finger cuts
- Eye injuries from food splashes
- 17. Customer service
- Stress from difficult customers
- Slippery floor causing falls
- 18. Handling dairy products
- Food poisoning
- Allergy reactions
- 19. Staff training
- Inadequate knowledge leading to workplace accidents
- 20. Equipment shutdown
- Electric shock
- Trapped fingers in machinery