Catering and Hospitality

For Further Information

Bengali Simple Safety (including food and drink)

BeSmart.ie is the Authority's free online Risk Assessment and Safety Statement tool for small business

Children and Young Workers - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Chinese Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Community Service Ordered for Accident that Resulted in the Death of a Bar Worker (22/10/2014)

Display Screen Equipment - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Electricity - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Electrical Hazards in Kitchens Safety Alert 2019

Fast food outlet fined for burns (February 2018)

First Aid - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Gas safety - Council warns takeaways are failing gas safety checks (February 2019)

General Application Regulations - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007 - Small Business Edition

Hungarian Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Latvian Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Legionnaires death prompts hotel closure for works (October 2017)

Lithuanian Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Manual Handling Case Studies including barrel handling and handling hotel linen

Manual Handling Risk Assessment in the Hospitality Sector (22 pages)

Manual Handling - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Night and Shift Work - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Noise - General Application Regulations 2007

Personal Protective Equipment - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Platform Lifts for People with Impaired Mobility Safety Alert 2019

Polish Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Portuguese Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Pregnant, Post-natal and Breastfeeding Employees - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Preventing exposure to carbon monoxide from use of solid fuel appliances in commercial kitchens (December 2015)

Protective grilles in swimming pools

Punjabi Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Restaurant chain fined almost £1 million after serious burns to staff in two UK premises

Restaurant fined after chef slips into deep-fat fryer (September 2018)

Safety Alerts issued by the Authority

Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - CO2

Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - Fire

Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - Keg Handling

Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - Slips, Trips and Falls

Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - Unfamiliar Workplaces

Safety in Licensed Premises Case Study - Waste Management

Safety Representatives Resource Book (May 2015)

Safety Signs - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Simple Safety Food and Drink series in Bengali, Chinese, English, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Slovak, Thai and Urdu

Slip-Resistant Footwear Reduces Slips and Falls in Food Service (July 2019)

Slovak Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Swimming Pools - HSG 179/2018 - Managing health and safety in swimming pools

Thai Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Trends and Patterns in Occupational Health and Safety in Ireland from the Economic and Social Research Institute (2015)

Urdu Simple Safety (including food and drink)

Vibration - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Warning to businesses after worker is burnt (June 2017)

Work at Height - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Work Equipment - Safety Toolkit and Short Guide to General Application Regulations 2007

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172)