• Risk management
• General hazards
  • Manual handling
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Plant, equipment and machinery
  • Heat stress
  • Electricity
  • Hazardous substances
• Other hazard
  • Gas
  • Fire
  • Biological waste
  • Sharps
  • Violence
  • Fatigue

• Other industries
• First aid
• Electrical Safety
• Manual handling
• Noise
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Risk management

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Accommodation and food services

The accommodation and food services' industries cover a large number of workplaces that provides services like accommodation, meals and drinks as well as theme parks and music. View more industry and safety related information for:

• Hotels, pubs and clubs
• Noise in the music entertainment industry
• Restaurant and café industry
• Takeaway food retailing

In order to understand the workplace health and safety requirements for accommodation and food services, and your obligations under the law you must consider and understand the relevant legislation and codes of practice.

General hazards in this industry include:

• manual handling
• heat stress
• electricity
• plant, equipment and machinery
• hazardous substances
• noise.

Other hazards include gas, fire, biological waste, sharps, occupational violence and fatigue.

Employers and workers must recognise these hazards and effectively address any that pose a significant threat in their workplace.

Risk management
What is risk management? An outline of the risk management process.