Workplace health & safety

Takeaway and food retailing factsheets

Department of Industrial Relations (Workplace Health and Safety)

Practical advice and guidance including factsheets and checklists relevant to school canteens.

Serious about Safe Business Pack

Department of Industrial Relations (Workplace Health and Safety)

The pack contains tools and information to help you identify what you need to do to make your workplace safer and outlines how to do it.

Managing Safety Workshops

Department of Industrial Relations (Workplace Health and Safety)

These free workshops introduce the Serious about Safe Business initiative package which provides small and medium businesses with a simplified safety management system framework.

Useful workplace safety guides previously developed by government agencies

Further assistance

The Deaprtment of Industrial Relations offers free consultations to qualifying food operations, looking at issues at your workplace, providing information and  developing action plans.  Click here for more information.

Education Queensland has Occupational Health and Safety Consultants offering services to schools.  Although canteens are generally run by the P&C, they may be available to provide risk assessments.  Enquire via your school's administration office.

Prevalent risks include:

• Inadequate passageway clearance
• Inadequate shelving
• Inappropriate positioning of power points (relative to sinks and other equipment)
• Young children of volunteers during operating times
• Walk in refrigerators and adequate emergency exits
• Lack of electrical safety switches
• Lack of adequate workplace safety and fire training