Occupational Safety Hazards 3.

Slips, trips and falls – open ranges,

stove doors, kitchen doors, trolleys,
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) stairs, defective ladders, foot stools
and wet, cluttered or slippery floors
- is increasingly recognized by
governments and international
4. Fires – accidental ignition of hot oils
organizations as important part of
and greases, paper materials coming
public health. People spend one-third
into contact with hot stoves and
or more of each day at work, so
ovens, faulty electrical equipment, wet
working conditions necessarily have a
electrical equipment and appliances are
strong effect on their health.
the usual causes of fires.
- are natural risks present in certain
workplaces. Millions of workers are at
5. Ergonomic Risks – injuries from
risks from exposure to physical,
repetitive motions; unchanging and/or
chemical, biological or psychosocial
poor posture when seating, kneeling
hazards, sometimes, even a
and standing; incorrect lifting
combination of them.
techniques and forceful motions or
Occupational Health Risks grips on objects.

- can be described as the possibility of

6. Cleaning chemicals – such as bleaches,
suffering health impairments from
oven cleaners, floor cleaners, stainless
exposure to a hazard that originates
steel cleaners and ammonia solutions.
in the working environment.

7. CO poisoning – carbon monoxide,

Hazard – typically refers to the source of a
risk.
- Acquiring a health problem due to
exposure distinguishes a risk from a
hazard, since the former is created by
the latter.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
produced by incomplete burning of solid,
liquid and gaseous fuels such as
charcoal, and causes death if there is
improper ventilation.
8. Heat Stress – heat exhaustion and
heat stroke

- the primary federal law establishing 9. Cold Stress – hyperthermia and

safety standards in the workplace, similar risks can result from working in
requires employers to provide a safe walk-in refrigerators and freezers for
workplace by informing employees prolonged period of time
about potential hazards, training
them to deal with hazards and
recording workplace injuries

Common Work-Related Injuries in the Food

Service Industry

1. Burn – an injury acquired from contact

with hot surfaces of an equipment,
flames, hot food, liquids and faulty
microwave oven

2. Cuts – a skin opening from an

accidental incision of sharp objects
(e.g. knife) can cause expose to blood-
borne pathogens such as Hepatitis B
and HIV
Reasons for Occupational Safety and Health
Standards

1. Moral

2. Economic

3. Legal

SAFETY SIGNS AND SAFETY LABEL

REQUIREMENTS

• To ensure that all employees

understand the various types and
meanings of each sign is to include the
training as part of the orientation of
the new employees.

• Displaying the safety signs and their

meanings and also include in the
newsletter and posting in the bulletin
board will also help improve employees’
awareness of the hazard signs.

• Placement of the hazard signs should

be as close as possible to the hazard.

• Place the signs that are highly visible

to the tool operator.

• Damaged and faded signs need to be

replaced immediately

DANGER

• Danger sign – indicates an immediate

hazard could happen; this would result
in death or severe injury if not avoided
right away.

• Black and red letters are printed on a

white back ground or white letters on
black back ground
WARNING FIRE SAFETY

• Warning sign – indicates a harmful • Fire safety sign – indicates the

situation which if not avoided could location of fire extinguishing
result in a severe injury or even death equipment and material

• The black letter is printed on an • The safety symbol is printed in red or

orange background. The safety alert white background
symbol precedes the heading
“warning”
PROHIBITORY SIGNS

• Prohibitory signs – indicates that the

CAUTION
area does not allow any act indicated
• Caution sign – indicates a dangerous if in the symbol
not avoided may result in moderate or
minor injury. The sign is placed where
potential hazards or damaged OTHER SAFETY SYMBOLS
equipment to prevent using or to
caution against unsafe practices. • It is commonly called “pictograms”.
Safety symbols provide information
• The black letter is written on a yellow required actions, consequences, effects
background and preceded by a safety of the interaction of certain chemicals
alert symbol

BIOLOGICAL HAZARD

• Biological hazard sign – indicates an

actual or potential biological hazard
presence in equipment, containers,
rooms, materials

• This black letter is written in a

fluorescent orange background or red-
orange background

NOTICE

• Notice sign – provides information

relevant to a building, an area,
equipment or machine

• The black letter is written in a white

background or a white letter written
on a black background

GENERAL SAFETY

• General safety sign – this sign is to

inform the public of the general
practice and rules related to health
such as first aid, medical equipment,
sanitation, housekeeping.

• The message and safety symbols

should be printed in green or black on
white background