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Health and Safety Leaflets for Caterers

Look After Your Hands in the Kitchen Leaflet
Free advice leaflets for food businesses and catering staff on health and safety at work.
 
A series of catering information sheets are available to download or order online from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), including many in other languages:

Catering and Hospitality

  • Heat Stress in the Workplace - What You Need to Know as an Employer
  • Priorities for Health and Safety in Catering Activities
  • Managing Health and Safety Pays in the Catering Industry
  • Health and Safety Training Pays in the Catering Industry - Guidance for Owners and Managers
  • An Index of Health and Safety Guidance for the Catering Industry
  • The Main Health and Safety Law Applicable to Catering
  • Safety Signs in the Catering Industry
  • Reporting Accidents in the Catering Industry
  • Health and Safety of New and Expectant Mothers in the Catering Industry
  • Health and Safety for Waiting Staff
  • Health and Safety of Children and Young People in Catering
  • Safe Use of Cleaning Chemicals in the Hospitality Industry

Manual Handling

  • Preventing Back Pain and Other Aches and Pains to Kitchen and Food Service Staff

Equipment

  • Maintenance Priorities in Catering
  • Planning for Health and Safety When Selecting and Using Catering Equipment and Workplaces
  • Ventilation of Kitchens in Catering Establishments
  • Precautions at Manually Ignited Gas-fired Catering Equipment
  • Safety During Emptying and Cleaning of Fryers
  • Gas Safety in Catering and Hospitality

Slips, Trips and Falls

  • Stop Slips in Kitchens - Good Practice Guide
  • Stop Slips in Kitchens - Top Tips
  • Floor Cleaning
  • Choosing Footwear for Use in Kitchens
  • Preventing Slips and Trips in Kitchens and Food Service
  • Slips and Trips - the Importance of Floor Cleaning
  • Preventing Slips and Trips at Work
  • Assessing the Slip Resistance of Flooring

Dermatitis

  • Look After Your Hands in the Kitchen - work-related contact dermatitis
Health and Safety for Mobile Caterers
Health and Safety for Mobile Caterers - [1.85 MB] Download our safety checklist for mobile catering businesses.
Health and Safety Advice Online
Health and Safety Advice Online - [92 KB] Publicity flyer promoting the advice, publications and forms available on the council's website at www.eastbourne.gov.uk/safety