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Kitchens: risk assessments
Are there any examples of risk assessments for school kitchens? We link to an example of a risk assessment from the Health and Safety Executive, as well as a school's risk assessment for kitchen fires. There is also guidance on writing your own kitchen risk assessment.
Food preparation
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an example of a risk assessment for food preparation in a small business. Although this isn't designed for schools, it may still be a useful reference.
The example takes the form of a table with a number of questions to answer, such as:
- What are the hazards?
- Who might be harmed and how?
- What are you doing already?
- What further action is necessary?
The example includes possible hazards for kitchen environments, for instance:
- Slips and trips
- Contact with steam, hot water, hot oil and hot surfaces
- Gas appliances (e.g. ovens)
- Fire
- Pressure systems (e.g. steam pipes, pressure fryers)
- Workplace temperature
It also includes actions taken to mitigate the risk of these hazards. For example, for gas appliances, it says these are checked daily, and inspected by a registered engineer annually.
Example risk assessment for food preparation, cooking and service, HSE (Adobe pdf file)
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