Preventing Accidents in the Food Service Industry

The food service industry is one that usesprevent injuries from falls at work.
varying techniques from the most careful,The programme has been supported by small and
handmade produce to the heaviest of factorynational businesses who want to reduce the
machinery. With such different productionamount of money they spend on employee's
techniques, it is important that food serviceinjuries each year. Practical and low-cost
workplaces comply with health and safetyimprovements to the workplace are suggested so
regulations in order to reduce the number ofthat the number of preventable slips trips and falls
accidents that employees are likely to have whilstdecrease. The food service industry is just one
at work. In the UK, the food service industrysector backing this campaign in the hope that
alone loses almost £2 million every year onemployees will be safer at work. Although slips,
accidents in the workplace caused by slips, tripstrips and falls may sound minor, the consequences
and falls, injuries which cost businesses as a wholefor those injured can be devastating. That is
over £800 million every year. This is aparticularly the reason why the campaign has
massive amount to have to spend on accident sbeen names 'Shattered Lives'. Having to stay of
that can be easily avoided.work for weeks, needing medical help, losing your
The issue has been recognised by the Health andearnings, all of these factors can devastate the
Safety Executive (HSE) which has recentlylives of ordinary people. But it is ordinary people
launched a hard-hitting campaign named Shatteredthat these incidents are most likely to happen to.
Lives. It aims to raise awareness of the humanThe food service industry is taking action against
and financial suffering that these minor accidentspreventable accidents in the workplace and this
can cause and gives guidance and help on how towill have a quality effect on their produce.