Occupational Health Hazards in Hospitality Industry and Their Prevention (Review article) | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine | ||
| Article 5, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 65-80 PDF (432.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejom.2021.143334 | ||
| Author | ||
| Samir AM* | ||
| Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: Hospitality industry offers employment to people with different personalities, background and skills through a wide diversity of different types of outlets services. Hospitality industry includes a wide range of tasks and jobs which pose different risks. The hospitality industry is a key provider of jobs around the world. The complexity of the sector makes it difficult to estimate an overview of the situation. A wide range of hospitality businesses are directly or indirectly dependent on tourism; lodging, transportation, travel and trips. More attention goes towards working in hotels and restaurant and to a lesser attention is given to supporting activities such as cleaning jobs and receiver services. The workforce in this sector is faced with a large number of physical, chemical, ergonomic and psychological risks. This review has addressed several important points about hospitality industry; sectors of hospitality industry, the important of hospitality industry worldwide and controls of risks that may happen at different workplace in the hospitality industry. It discusses the hazards that may occur in the latter. A risk assessment must be carried out on health hazards in hospitality industry. The risk assessment should identify risks and control them: including both engineering and organization so as to avoid or reduce the risk of injury or illness. This review focuses on effective control measures that protect workers from workplace hazards in hospitality industry. These measures help to avoid injuries, illnesses, and incidents, minimize or eliminate health risks. Also it helps employers to provide .workers with safe and healthful working conditions | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hospitality industry; Sectors of Hospitality Industry; Health Hazards; Prevention of hospitality hazards | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 573 PDF Download: 6,746 |
||
