Question

Describe the five most common injuries in the hospitality industry, and how you feel they might be prevented in the future. Your paper must be in APA format, a minimum of 500 words.

Answer 1

Five most common injuries in hospitality industry:

The injuries in hospitality industry are common at lot of workplaces.

1. Slips, strips and falls

* In this case accidents are most common in nature among non fatal injuries to employees.

* Every workplace has the capacity to develop a slip or trip hazard.

* A spilled drink in office, curled rug corner in shop, oil or chemical spill in factory.

* when the spills and trip hazards are not addressed immediately turning the risk into a cause.

Prevention:

* Adequate lighting.

* Non slip footwear.

* slippery areas will be signed.

*signal recent spills of signs.

2. Lifting and handling:

* It is second most common place injuries in workplace at hospitality industry.

* Injuries from lifting and handling heavy items tend to revolve around muscle strains.

* The problems include back pain, arm pain, neck pain will result in injuries of handling or lifting.

* These injuries occur due to over stretch of time by handling and lifting of heavy goods.

Prevention

* Ask for help with heavy lift items.

* Training for how to handle or lift heavy goods.

* using techniques and apparatus to lift heavy goods.

3.Struck by an object:

* These injuries cause varying degree of problems from bruises and small cuts to more serious problems resulting in concussion and blindness.

* These injuries occurs due to falling or dropping of items from shells, machinery of moving loads.

Prevention:

* Avoid working or moving under working load.

* Items which are in self stand should be stable.

4. Fall from height:

* Injuries from this case include fractures, broken limbs and bruises.

* These type of injuries occurs due to falling from height I.e from ladders and scaffolding etc.

Prevention:

* Do not overreach when on a ladder or scaffolding.

* controlled poins are designed at work level.

* proper and working ladders should be used.

5. Acts of violence:

* Its difficult to narrow down the resulting injury from this cause of workplace accident or injuries.

* workers conversations or deals of face to face are at risk of violence.

Prevention:

* security measures like CCTV cameras are placed to prevent violence.

* staff meetings will be done to clarify problems, thereby avoid violation.