Occupational safety requirements in the hotel industry

The photo shows a building façade photographed from below against the sky with the vertically mounted illuminated lettering "HOTEL".

For the the hotel industry in addition to the

Minimum set of risk assessments

and the

Basic requirements for managers with regard to occupational health and safety

other industry-specific aspects.

These points are designed to help managers create a safe and supportive working environment in the industry.

Hotel industry

 to ensure that

Introduction of an occupational health and safety organization with a sense of proportion:

  1. Information meetings with department heads and occupational safety specialists
  2. Integration of occupational safety into the area of responsibility of the management level
  3. Inspection of the facility together with the company safety officers (20 or more employees)
  4. Processing the numerous industry-related risk assessments
  5. Implementation of necessary protective measures
  6. Appointment and training of first aiders and fire safety assistants

Each plant manager agrees a written definition of their support tasks in occupational health and safety. The following aspects are described in a practical and precise manner:

Industry-specific risk analyses

If weak points in occupational health and safety are identified in the course of the risk assessment, the T-O-P principle must be adhered to.

T=Technical measures have absolute priority. Only if not available or not economically justifiable (for the time being) are ...

O=Organizational measures to be defined (example: reduce duration of exposure / professional qualification). If the activity or regulations such as safety data sheets require this, ...

P=Personal protective equipment PPE to be procured and worn (e.g. protective clothing/shoes, helmets, goggles, gloves, etc.). 

  1. Skin protection (wet work / protection against hazardous substances)
  2. Hazardous substances (list / labeling / substitute products / PPE)
  3. Kitchen-specific fire protection
  4. Kitchens (equipment, machines / protective measures / operating instructions / behavioral training)
  5. Dispensing systems, CO2 systems
  6. Gas appliances and systems
  7. Housekeeping (lifting-carrying-holding / cleaning)
  8. Building services / workshop / waste disposal
  9. Logistics
  10. Elevators
  11. Hygiene
  12. Assembly venue law

Occupational health screening for specific tasks

  1. Compulsory preventive care "Skin" (for details see here)
  2. Offer precautionary measures in accordance with AMR 3.3 for "significantly increased" or "high" strain due to lifting, carrying, holding
  3. Preventive care if an employee is interested (AMR 3.3).