Risk Connect – March 2015
Risk Management Newsletter
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Welcome to RiskConnect, a monthly newsletter dedicated to Risk Management at Centerplate. In this and future issue’s you will find information on our risk management performance, safety hazards, liability hazards, food safety tips and training tips all of which are meant to increase awareness of risk management thus reducing workplace incidents and our overall Cost of Risk.
How Foods Become Unsafe!
- Time/Temperature Abuse Keep Food out of DANGER ZONE ( 41°F – 135°F)
- Cross Contamination Improper handwashing, cleaning and sanitizing or improper storage (raw food above ready to eat)
- Poor Hygiene Improper handwashing, improper glove use, working sick, open cut’s & sores, jewelry
- Improper Cleaning and Sanitizing Improper or wrong concentration of sanitizer, improperly functioning dishwasher
Monthly Safety Topic: Handling Ice
As warm weather approaches our use of ICE increases and we see increase of injuries associated with handling Ice. Common Injuries are:
- Strains & Sprains lifting Ice Buckets & moving Ice
- Slips & Falls from wet floors resulting from spilt melting Ice
- Wrist Injury and Cuts from dumping ice into Steel Drink Coolers
CHECK OUT THIS NEW ICE BUCKET DESIGN FROM ECO LAB! Solves most of the above issues!
- Rectangular Design to “match” cooler designs REDUCE SPILLS
- Hangs on side of Ice Machine while filling REDUCE SPILLS and REDUCE SPRAINS
- Top and Bottom Handle rotate REDUCE STRAIN & STRAINS