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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.

When Injuries Happen: Easing the Sting for Employees and Employers

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

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.

Hot Stuff – Burn Hazards

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

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.

Kitchen Safety Posters and Bulletins

WorkSafeBC’s kitchen safety posters and bulletins provide health and safety tips for specific work activities. Employers can use these resources for training, safety orientations, crew talks, or safety meetings.

Kitchen Safety Poster: Cleaners can burn too. Read the label and know the dangers.

Read product labels and refer to safety data sheets so you know how to use the product safely.

Kitchen Safety Poster: Get help and use oven mitts

Use oven mitts when moving hot cookwear around, and get help if you have to move a heavy item.

Kitchen Safety Poster: Clean up spills and keep floors clean. Wear proper footwear.

Wear non-slip footwear, keep floors clean, and clean up spills promptly. Post warning signs if a floor is slippery.

Kitchen Safety Poster: Save your fingers. Use the guards.

Make sure guards are in place and working properly to help prevent cuts and other injuries.