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Campus Food Systems Case

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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

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