Hospitality

Gas Shut Off Valve For Commercial Kitchen

Fire Safety

I was recently involved in an investigation into a potentially serious fire in the commercial kitchen of a Hotel. As usual, there was no one single cause or major issue highlighted by the investigation. Some of the findings were: Thermostat cut off switches weren’t properly checked or maintained Filters and exhaust hoods were not regularly [...]

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WA Safety Show Starts Today

Safety Equipment

Western Australia’s largest workplace safety trade show, the WA Safety Show, will offer free OSH law workshops and thousands of practical safety solutions when it runs from Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 August. Held every two years, the show will host more than 150 safety and materials handling specialists offering everything from first aid supplies [...]

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Drunk patron wins case against Hotel

Public Liability

A man who was injured after falling from a hotel roof while “grossly intoxicated” was awarded costs and $127,703 in damages (after a 50% deduction for contributory negligence). NSW Supreme Court Justice David Kirby found for Douglas Freudenstein, known as ‘Fruity’, who claimed damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall from the Mona Vale [...]

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Food Safety

Food Safety

    Understand HACCP and Improve Food Safety in Your Restaurant By Gregory Scott McGuire The HACCP, or Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, is a set of guidelines and procedures for food safety originally developed by NASA for astronaut food 30 years ago. NASA needed a food safety program with “zero tolerance” to protect [...]

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Pool Safety for Residential Apartments

Child Safety

This article covers recreation areas such as swimming pools, spas, gymnasiums, BBQ’s and playgrounds. Recreation facilities are an important part residential complexes, often used in marketing a property and often considered by prospective purchasers and guests. However, many of the more serious injuries and larger liability claims are as a result of incidents occurring in [...]

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Playground Safety For Hotels and Apartments

Building Safety

Children’s playgrounds are a great thing to have and really appreciated by parents. But they are perhaps one of the most hazardous areas of your operation and sadly also one of the most neglected. Injuries: Falls from equipment are the largest cause of serious injury in the playground. Other injuries include entrapment; collisions with equipment, [...]

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Checklist for Public Liability Risk Assessments for Hotels and Resorts

Insurance

Typical information collected by Underwriters to assess risks and determine public liability premiums For more information and checklists please visit our Public Liability Website Structures -         Age, layout, construction -         Fire Detection/alarms systems -         Fixed protection systems – sprinklers, other extinguishing systems -         Fire separations -         Fire fighting water supplies -         Fire fighting, private and public [...]

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How much does public liability insurance cost?

Insurance

Depends…..Although not always as technically rated as other insurance classes, most underwriters use a rating system based on limits and deductible required, industry, turnover and claims history. In a hard market they may even want to see your quality and risk management procedures before they will even insure you. Unless you are in an industry [...]

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