WH&S Guide released

Although this website is primarily concerned with Food safety, it is also a good place to let food businesses know about related useful information.

Pro-Visual Publishing has released their latest free Hospitality Industry poster. They produce food safety ones for different segments of the food industry, but this latest is the ‘Hospitality Industry Guide to Safety’.

Around 85% of all the compensation claims made by the hospitality industry are from injury and poisoning. According to the Australian Safety and Compensation Council in 2007/2008 there were 5150 injury and poisoning claims made by this industry. This Guide will be a useful tool to try and reduce this huge number of claims.

As with all of the Guides produced by Pro-Visual Publishing, industry bodies are involved in the development. With this Guide, the Hotel Motel and Accommodation Association (HMAA) was involved in the development and provided industry specific information to ensure it is suitable to the industry.

This Guide focuses on minimising risks like; slips, falls and trips whilst showing methods for handling chemicals, hazardous materials and biological waste properly. As a poster it can be placed on the wall directly in the workplace, as with all the other Pro-Visual Guides, and training can be done directly from it.

FREE Copies of the guide are now available by calling (02) 8272 2611 or emailing enquiries@provisual.com.au. More information about this Guide and the others (including those for Food Safety) is available at www.provisual.com.au