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The Hot Food Service Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Cut injuries
- Burns from hot food or surfaces
- Allergic reactions to food
- 2. Cooking
- Burns from hot surfaces or flammable substances
- Inhaling cooking fumes
- Slips on wet/ greasy floors
- 3. Serving
- Slipping/tripping
- High-stress levels
- 4. Clean up
- Chemical exposure
- Cuts from sharp objects
- Wet floors
- 5. Equipment Maintenance
- Electric shock
- Injuries from moving parts
- Fires from faulty wiring or equipment overheating
- 6. Food storage
- Manual handling injuries
- Frozen/Spoiled food hazards
- 7. Dishwashing
- Slip/trip injuries
- Chemical exposure
- Steam burns
- 8. Customer service
- Stress
- Verbal or physical abuse
- 9. Waste disposal
- Tripping over obstacles
- Sharp objects in trash
- Heavy lifting
- 10. Opening/Closing Procedures
- Manual lifting injuries
- Trip or fall
- Unauthorised access
- 11. Cash Handling
- Robbery or theft
- Hygiene risks
- 12. Emergency procedures
- Panic
- Physical harm during evacuation
- 13. Food preparation
- Sharp tool injuries
- Food contamination
- Allergic reactions
- 14. Delivery and Pick up services
- Car accidents
- manual handling injuries
- 15. Staff training
- Inadequate knowledge may cause accidents
- 16. Manual handling
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Falling objects
- 17. Checking Equipment
- Electrical hazards
- Contact with hot surfaces
- 18. Handling Complaints/Stress Management
- Stress
- Verbal or physical abuse
- 19. Health and Hygiene Practices
- Ingesting contaminated food
- Cuts from kitchen equipment
- Slippery floors
- 20. Stock rotation
- Manual moving and stacking injuries
- Spoiled foods risk