Health and Safety Issues in Restaurants

Health and safety issues in
restaurants

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Definition and explanation of health and safety issues at Cafe Rouge.......................................1
Importance of these issues in the Cafe Rouge............................................................................2
Recommendations to manage these issues in Cafe Rouge..........................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Health and safety at the work place helps the business to get aware of different hazards
that may arise while employees are working. Identification of these issues helps in taking
precautions to overcome their impacts(Finucane, 2016). Present study is based in the Restaurant
that is Cafe Rouge founded in the year 1989 and having there headquarter at London, UK. There
are over 70 restaurants all over the UK and is working effectively to provide health and safety at
its workplace. Report will include Health and safety issues that might occur at Cafe Rouge.
Report will further analyse the importance of these issues and finally, report will recommend
different ways to manage these issues at Cafe Rouge.
MAIN BODY
Definition and explanation of health and safety issues at Cafe Rouge
Health and safety is the risk assessment that identifies different hazards and potential
harm that employees or the customers taking services may face while they take services from the
organisation. There are different health and safety issues that hospitality business face while
offering services to its customers. It is the responsibility of the employees and employers as they
together share the issues and impacts that health and safety of the organisation(Holt and Allen,
2015). Employers have legal obligations in order to make sure that the working environment is
safe and secure for the Restaurants and they are working without having any risk to their health.
Employers have to identify the hazards that can arise at the workplace and accordingly have to
implement different measures in order to control the risks. There are different issues that Cafe
Rouge face related to health and safety at its workplace and these issues are as following:-
 Dangerous Machinery and Equipment:- There are different equipments that are used at
Cafe Rouge in order to prepare delicious food for the customers. These equipments are
designed in order to cut and chop the food items. The accidental potential is huge for the
employees and it is the duty of the employers to make them train so that they learn the
use of equipments effectively. There are different machines also that employees use in
order to prepare the food items and these machines can bring serious harm to these
employees if not used effectively. Organisation is required to make the employees aware
about the use of cut resistant gloves that they can use to protect their wrist and figure
parts(Kim And et.al., 2018)
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