Application Case 17-1: Campus Food Systems Cindy Breen is a new intern at a small self-operated food service program called Campus Food Systems(CFS). She has been tasked to prepare the Work Accidents in the Food Service Areas Report for the previous year. Cindy’s supervisor Jake has asked her to minimize the quantity and severity of the safety/health incidents that CFS has had over the last year. After reviewing the alternatives on how to handle this situation, Cindy should “prepare the report including all incident reports, previously unreported accidents, and Rick’s serious illness” (Ivancevich, 2010, p. 565). Then she needs to give the complete report to Fred White, CFS director and Jake’s supervisor (Ivancevich, 2010). Jake’s …show more content…
There should also be posters near the equipment to remind employees of the proper use. This would detour the use of meat slicers without guards to cover the blades. It will also encourage the use of feeding attachments or pushing devices, so no one uses their hands to feed the slicer (Rudnick, 2011). Employees need to be taught to stand to the side when opening steamers. This can prevent the operator being burned by a burst of steam escaping. When steamers are stacked, open the top compartment first then the bottom one to prevent injury from rising steam (Rahm, 2008). Training on preventing Foodborne Illness should be a part of orientation and reviewed quarterly to avert poisoning and diseases such as Salmonella. Training needs to be continuous and employees should be conducting safety inspections on each shift. After completing her analysis, report, and Safety proposal, Cindy needs to present her findings to upper management. It is obvious that Jake will not support the report and it must be taken to the Fred White. A copy of the report will be provided to Jake. Hopefully, it will encourage leadership to improve in needed areas and prevent future incidents. Upper management should be monitoring Jake’s behavior in the area of safety. Safety should be CFS’s priority and employees should be able to come to work and leave as they have arrived. If Fred White does not take appropriate action, the report needs to be taken to
The Company’s goal is to have zero work-related illnesses or injuries. However, in order to attain this goal, it will require a team effort involving both the Company and the employees. Only through such a coordinated effort can this safety plan be established and sustained.
From this incident was any employee disciplined for not following safety procedures. This would establish if the company believes the employees were negligent in their duty.
Safety on the job should always be the main priority for this company, complying with laws regarding safety can save the company lots of money. Training our employee that safety is our top priority can be the difference between major success or failure. At Jones Feed and Seed we need to makes sure as we are hiring a supervisor that they are tediously trained all safety issues
An open campus lunch program is when, during the lunch period, students are permitted to leave campus and get lunch from local businesses or even home. At Urbana High School we currently have four lunch shifts, during which students pack or buy lunches. I believe Frederick County Public Schools should start an open campus lunch program for seniors because the school lunches are not healthy enough or appealing and do not have enough lunch options. The benefits that could come from this program go beyond the happiness of the seniors, they will reach the classrooms, staff members, and community.
Explain to others how health and safety issues can occur when others have bad working practices
Potential health and safety risks must be reported immediately to ones supervisor. It is up to the supervisor to use the chain of command and as needed it will even be reported to government offices.
An identification of the lines of responsibility and reporting for health and safety in the work place.
In contradiction to the downgrading tone presented in the previous discussion towards OSHA and its involvement in the meatpacking industry, the implementation of OSHA had some uplifting attributes even though it had minute significance to the cause as presented by the scholarly individual, Dr. Sears, and the two notable muckraker, Eric Schlosser and Upton Sinclair. In cohesion to the upbringing of change due to OSHA, Claire Epstein’s article, “Keeping OSHA Records” enhances the awareness of the regulatory incorporation’s care for the workers safety and documentation by stating “Employers with more than 11 employees who are not in partially exempt industries are required to keep OSHA recordkeeping logs to track information on OSHA recordable injuries and illnesses” (Epstein). But not only did OSHA begin collecting records of the employees, but in “OSHA Updates Guide on Training Requirements” by Professional Safety, OSHA supplies workers with news occurring to fellow members of the country-wide workforce, and in this case is an injury pertaining to “Harco” and his personal negligence and misunderstanding of faulty hardware in order to prevent similar injuries and to analyze the faults and fabricate new directions to have a safer time when in the workplace (Professional Safety). In addition to the article, Professional Safety provides a handbook for workers that may/may not suppress the confusion, but is a sole act of generosity. In comparison, The United States Department of
Staff who prepare and handle food must be first receive appropriate training and understand and comply with food safety and hygiene regulations.
Creating, maintaining, and continually improving a safety committee should be a priority in any organization. It has been shown that successful safety committees provide numerous benefits to organizations. Benefits include reducing injury and illness rates, reducing workers’ compensation costs, increasing employee morale, increasing productivity and efficiency, and reducing turnover rate. reducing lost time. Implementing a safety committee is one of the most effective things an organization can do to
Employees are expected to obey safety rules, follow established safe work practices and exercise caution in all their work activities. Failure to abide by established safety procedures can result in disciplinary, up to and including termination.
Safety is an important function of our daily lives and requires the same attention we give other functions and processes within our daily job routines. Over the years as we continue to do our jobs and the same processes we can become less safe by using short cuts to make a process easier for ourselves. Also, the equipment we use begins to age and breakdown and cause unsafe conditions. Safety professionals use many different types of safety programs to combat safety related issues or problems one may encounter on a job site. Employee involvement is the most important part of any safety program. Without employee involvement safety programs are not as successful, because employees are sometimes not aware of the process and steps in place to protect them.
This form documents learner’s knowledge of educational goal areas formally taught and scheduled in the training session.
.Food preparation areas – In any type of food preparation are, there must be strict rules and regulations laid down by the employer to prevent food from being contaminated. As well as this, it is their responsibility to make sure that their employees and staff aren’t a risk to food safety. This is where employers need to focus on 4 main areas to ensure health and safety: keeping the area clean, reporting any illnesses, clothing and personal cleanliness/hygiene.
Training of supervisors in how to communicate and demonstrate safety practices to employees (Gomez-Melia et al., 2011).