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| Safety for Hotel/ Motel |
Keeping hotel/motel employees safe and preventing on-the-job accidents poses special challenges. That's because hotels/motels are really four businesses rolled into one: maintenance, housekeeping, security, and food service. All these operations present a unique set of risks.
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To Reduce the Odds of Injures and Accidents, Raise Workers’ Awareness of Safe Practices…
- Develop and implement a Safety Policy that stresses your commitment to protect employees from injuries and illnesses.
- Establish and enforce an Injury Prevention Plan based on your Safety Policy.
- Recognize and reward all employees-from supervisors to support staff--for following safety procedures. Model proper behavior. Discourage shortcuts.
- Establish and measure safety goals on a regular basis. Hold managers accountable for meeting the goals.
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Follow these Safety Tips to Prevent Injuries and Accidents: Slips and Falls
- Keep floors free of water, grease and spills.
- Ensure employees wear shoes with leather uppers and slip-resistant soles.
- Use slip-resistant floor mats where needed, such as around dish washing areas and food preparation stations.
- Repair equipment that leaks or has excess condensation.
- Prohibit running and fast walking.
- Provide and use stable ladders and step stools for reaching above shoulder height.
- Stack incoming supplies immediately; don't leave boxes in aisles and walkways.
- Repair or replace loose and worn/torn carpet.
- Keep stairwells clear of materials and repair worn treads. Provide sturdy handrails and a slip-resistant surface on stairs.
- Provide adequate lighting where walking elevations change, such as ramps and stairs.
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Cuts (Food and Beverage)
- Keep knives sharp and stored in proper knife racks.
- Enforce use of cut-resistant gloves when using and cleaning knives and slicer blades.
- Protect or cover sharp edges on wrap dispenser boxes.
- Use brooms, not hands, to sweep up broken glass.
- Empty water immediately from a sink that contains broken glass. Wear cut-resistant gloves to remove broken pieces.
- Close slicer blades when not in use.
- Limit meat saw blade exposure to the minimum height necessary when in use; cover fully when not in use.
- If dropped, let knives and other sharp objects fall to a solid surface before picking up. Do not try to stop the fall.
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Cuts (All Others)
- Use a broom and dust pan to remove broken glass from floors and countertops-and always wear cut-resistant gloves.
- Carry trash bags away from your legs and arms; don't drag them along your body.
- Ensure guards are installed and used on power saws and key cutters.
- Wear cut-resistant gloves when handling sheet metal and other objects with sharp edges.
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Burns (Food and Beverage)
- Use dry hot pads or insulated gloves when handling hot items.
- Use tongs to retrieve items dropped in fryers or on grills.
- Let grease cool overnight before emptying fryers.
- Keep guards over heat lamps and infrared food warmers.
- Store condiments, cooking equipment and supplies to the side of grills-not above them.
- Learn to use fire extinguishers and automatic extinguishing systems. Ensure the systems and extinguishers have compatible extinguishing agents and get serviced on a regular basis.
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Burns (All Others)
- Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment when handling chemicals.
- Properly tag and lock off all electrical equipment before working on it.
- Conduct regularly scheduled fire evacuation drills for all employees.
- Prohibit use of fire extinguishers until employees receive proper training.
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Eye Injuries
- Require employees to wear eye protection when using any power tools, including landscaping equipment such as mowers, blowers and weed whips.
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Repititive Motion Injuries
- Ensure that all employees who perform repetitive tasks take hourly breaks for rest and stretching.
- Ensure that all computer work stations have ergonomically correct furnishings. Teach employees to adjust work stations for their comfort.
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Strains and Sprains
- Conduct warm up exercises before starting physical work.
- Limit bulk supplies to packages of less than 59 pounds, preferably under 25 pounds. Get help lifting anything over 50 pounds.
- Store heavier supplies and equipment on shelves between two and four feet above the floor. Small, light objects should go on upper shelves; light, bulky objects should be near the floor.
- Use wheeled containers to transport heavy items.
- Let dropped items fall; do not reach or grab for them suddenly.
- Use ladder or step stool to reach upper shelves.
- Take frequent breaks when performing repetitive tasks.
- Provide laundry baskets with spring-loaded bases to avoid the need to reach deep into the basket to remove laundry.
- Give housekeepers long-handled sponges and squeegees for cleaning tubs and showers.
- Keep wheels and swivels on housekeeping carts in good condition.
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"Save MY BACK" -- Safe Lifting Tips
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