Health and Safety Regulations in Hotels

health and Safety Regulations in HotelsAs the facilities Manager of our hotel that I am very concerned ab go forth the lack of cognizance of safe working causes amongst our employees. Therefore, this presentation will help them to understand and pr moldice health and synthetic rubber regulations at workplace. This presentation helps to ensure that our hotel operation run good and meet our customers expectations as well. But I should keep our hotel functioning at its best and want to assure that you work safe and healthy at the hotel.It stinker be seen that all legislation regarding to health and pencil eraser regulations have been developed since 1970s to ensure that management responsible for providing and maintenance of adequate policies and standards. Under the unwashed law assure that employers have a duty of care about their employees who work at workplace. It is very important of having health and pencil eraser regulations at workplace. Because, employer fails to pip care of an employee means that employee may have a number of claims. It would include the ability to resign and claim constructive unfair dismissal and claiming personal tarnish as well.The necessity of Health and Safety regulationsThis chapter draws the attention of the necessity of health and precaution regulations. Health and Safety regulation may help various ship freighteral to business. It can be highlightinged that the one of the main reasons of the necessity of health and guard duty regulations is to ensure that the work premises is running safely thus reducing accidents at workplace. One of the biggest risks for hotel workers is ergonomic injury from strains, sprains, and repetitive work. It helps to protect workers back and limbs by practicing base hit regulations when performing your job functions. On the other reach every persons bearing should be to maintain the maximum level of health and safety in the hotel. There are regulations and rules that manage this iss ue. Each employee of the hotel should be made aware of these rules and regulations. It is to say that once the hotel workers read through the health and safety regulations they realize that most(prenominal) of those are common sense. The knowledge about these regulations would help them to know how to react if on that point is a crisis. As the hotel management, that would not enough to give our employees to read down the health and safety regulations. We should encourage them to practice it. The best way is to practice this by example. If this practice starts right from the top level of the hotel it spreads down to the entire employee. It should be mentioned that this is vital for the well macrocosmness of the hotel workers. Once hotel employees furbish up understand that these health and safety regulations are for their wellbeing and benefit them will be more willing to act in accordance with hotel management. All these health and safety regulations are a must in the workplac e which is required by law.Importance of health and safety within the hotel environmentIt should be mentioned that health and safety is one of the most important part within the hotel premises. Keeping poor level of health and safety leads to accidents and illness and significant costs for our hotel. Successful health and safety regulations practice means that improve our hotel reputation with hotel customers, regulators and our own hotel faculty. We have both legal and moral obligation to ensure that our employees work in healthy and safely at the hotel. Hotel management cannot force workers to work in an environment where their wellbeing is risk. On the other hand those hotel workers are both healthy and safe during their working hours. injure or sick hotel workers lead to drop in service and a subsequent loss of profits.Good health and safety practices successfully pay for themselves as service keep remain from minimising insurance costs, disruption, the hotel workforce remains contended and customers also are happy with hotel service. The hotel workers study training in specific areas. For example, workers may subscribe to learn how to handle and dispose of cleaning liquids. On the other hand all supervisors also may need to deliver health and safety policies towards our hotel employees. backbone health and safety issues in the hotelSafety AuditSafety audit is able to identify the possible problems before they have an impact on hotel safety. Its intention is to reveal the strengths and weakness, to determine areas of non tolerable risk and devise rectification measures. Safety audit is able to ensure compliance with all current regulations related to safety and health at workplace.The main object of safety audit is to collect information, using a predetermined protocol or a checklist, whether how workplace safety services are currently going on. The safety audit can cover the particular aspects or whole system. It is important to hold this safety audit s that helps to highlight all positive and negative aspects of safety in the workplace.Safety audit may include the current system in workplace to control judges, the express of incidents at the workplace and a physical inspection of the premises. Finally, that would help to constitution findings, as well as suggestions to improve the current safety insurance and system.Benefits of safety audit at the HotelSafety audit mainly evaluate hotels safety services. On the other hand it can cause to great cost nest egg by injuries at work. According to Roger regular safety audits are very important to minimizing risks and safety hazards in the workplace.Process of the safety auditingMethodReview of musical accompanimentInterviews with staffObservations by the audit team.Outcome BenefitsObservations and recommendationConclusions substantiated with referencesMinimising risk and hazardsCost savingsHASAWA and its magnificence for our hotel serviceHASAWAHealth and safety at work act consi ders both physical and mental well being of employees, and freedom from risk of injury. Main object of the act can be outlined as health, safety and welfare of persons at work.It is clear that this act mainly focuses on employees at workplace. Not only workers, it protects persons other that persons at work, against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work. The act refers to control the keeping and using of explosive or highly flammable or otherwise grievous substances, and cosmopolitanly preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of such substances. On the other hand HASAWA control the emission into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances.I would disclose the duties of employers at workplace. The act provides that employer has duty of care about their employees. It can be clearly understood according to the chart below.Duties of EmployerOn the other hand it should be cited that employees also have to f ollow the duties and responsibilities which is under Health and Safety at Work Act. It is clearly cited below table.Responsibility of employee find fleckHazard spotting is one of the most important things in the hotel. It will be of benefit to our hotel, staff and our guests as well. Therefore, I would like present and suggest exertion to be taken to resolve hazard spotting in our workplace. This would cover as many hazards as possible. To get reduce hazards in our hotel you will need to walk through our hotel, speak to employees. It is important that paperwork alone will not prevent injuries. It is very important to take action once a hazard has been identified. Therefore, I suggest taking action to prevent any hazards in many areas in the hotel premises.It is easily identify hazards that you may have not been previously identified once you work through the hotel. Hazard spotting involves looking for possible issues such as changes in working processes, temporary trip hazards, m ake sure only approved chemicals are used, etc. Any new hazards that you are found can then be dealt with either immediately or, if this is not possible, brought to the attention of the hotel administration.It is to be mentioned that there should be specify Hazard spotting exercises to conduct throughout the hotel regularly. Therefore,Nominate few persons who should be responsible for conducting the Hazard Spotting exerciseEach one should be familiar with the area which the carry out the Hazard Spotting exercisesEach Hazard Spotting need to be noted down with any new hazards as wellKeeping a hazard spotting records which can be accessed by online.Use a checklist and make hazards list that you can see adventure reportingIt is legal requirement that keeps a record of injuries in the hotel using an accident book. Employer must report certain serious workplace incidents to the hotel authorities. Accident reporting records must keep for at tierce years. As we employer that we have to pr ovide an accident book for our staff and that should easily be understood. As you are the employer of work premises you are required to report some types of work-related diseases, accidents, and dangerous occurrences.Reporting ill health and accidents at workplace is a legal requirement under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences. Gathering information helps to Health and Executive and the Local Authority to recognize how and where risks come out and to prevent reoccurrence and prevent further suffering and pain to employees.Legal requirements ask to report a death, a major injury, an over three day injury, a work related disease, a dangerous occurrence and where a member of the public is taken directly to the hospital.Reporting accidents are required in eon limit and it is vary depending on the severity. A major injury or where the accident has resulted in someones death need to be reported immediately. Over three day injuries need to be informed within te n days. It is noted that a work related diseases must report after the doctor diagnosis it.I have provided a sample of accident report form that would be getting clear picture about reporting accident.ACCIDENT written report FORMDetails of person injuredSurname Forenames Age DOBDepartment Position HeldDate of Accident Time Was Accident Reported in Accident Record Book?How did Accident Occur?Nature of InjuriesWas First Aid given? By Whom?Was Injured Person sent to Doctor, Medical Centre or Hospital?(Give Details)If so, accompanied by whom?Name(s) of Witness(es) of the AccidentAny Previous Accident which may have been due to same causeWas Accident caused or contributed to by any defectin working conditions or premises or the conditionsof the furniture, equipment or tools used?Signature of person reporting the accidentDateThe Health Safety PolicyI would like explain about safety policy. It is to mention that we must have a written policy of safety. We are a hotel who has employees m ore than four. It is to say that health and safety policy should be available for our staff. On the other hand safety policy must be reviewed regularly. (eg annually) sum of policy in place in order to establish who is responsible for what aspects of safety in our hotel.It is an important duty of this hotel to ensure that our employees work under a safe and healthy environment. An effective health and safety policy requires the full co-operation and collaboration of all employees. I suggest all the hotel staff read this policy and accept their own personal responsibilities for safety at work. I would like to write down some responsibilities both hotel management and its employees.Responsibilities of management of the hotelto maintain the principles of germane(predicate) legislation to ensure the safest systems of work and a safe, healthy working environmentby consultation and joint involvement of management and employees, to enlist the active interest, involvement and support of employees in promoting good standards.Responsibilities of the hotel employeesto take all reasonable care for the health and safety of him/herself and of fellow employees and to report any hazard which cannot be controlled in personto co-operate with the governance by observing safety rules and complying with any measures designed to ensure a safe and healthy working environment.The role of safety co-ordinator is of vital importance for maintaining a continuous and critical scrutiny of working conditions throughout the workplace, reviewing safety performance and promoting safer working.The managing director accepts ultimate responsibility for health and safety within the organisation as a whole. All managers and employees generally are expected to support and implement this policy wholeheartedly.HACCPHACCP refers to prevent any kind of hazards that would be caused for food-borne illness by applying science based controls. It enables you to show your commitment to food and customer s atisfaction. HACCP is an international principle defining the requirements for effective control of food safety.HACCP is built on sevensome key principles hazard analysis, critical control points identification, establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, verification procedures and record-keeping and documentation.Hazard analysis analysis of chemical, physical and biological food hazards circumstantial control points identify the critical points at the raw materials, processing, storage, distribution and consumption stepsEstablishing critical limits establishment of critical preventive measures and control limits, eg minimum cooking time and temperatureMonitoring procedures observing of these control pointsCorrective actions establishment of corrective actionsVerification procedures Record keeping record andRecord-keeping and documentation Systematic and regular auditing of the systems in place by independent third party certification bodies.Al l those measurement can be maintain HACCP in workplace easily.SummaryIt can be seen that health and safety is good for hotel employees and the hotel as well. If employees are getting sick or injured that could result in time and money being wasted. We have planned to place the health and safety regulations in a variety of areas where the hotel employees can read them easily. Once you realize that these regulations are for your well being and benefit you will be more willing to comply with the hotel. It means we have been successful in cultivating a culture of health and safety at the hotel. It is to be advised to practice safe ergonomic principles when performing your job functions. Furthermore, keep your body and back straight and neutral while you work. Read the safety data sheets and labels to know the hazards and safe work practices for the chemicals products you use. It is important that you get training and inspect your cleaning and maintenance tools before use.The above recom mendation and evaluations are general guidance only and should not be relied upon for legal compliance purposes. Therefore, you have an obligation to practice them for benefit of the hotel, customers and yourself.