Five Common Hospitality Industry Injuries and How to Prevent Them

5 Min Read By Amy Hodgetts

It’s common knowledge that working in the hospitality industry is fast and frenetic so it’s not a surprise there are a lot of workplace injuries. In 2016/17 approximately 434,000 injuries caused up to seven days of absence in each case. A further 175,000 caused a period of absence over seven days.

According to the Health and Safety Executive, the accommodation and food services sector has a lower statistically significant amount of work-related illness, but a higher statistically significant work accident claims rate.

What’s the cause of these higher than average injuries? According to Boutique Hotelier, the most common injuries in the hospitality sector are slips, trips and falls. 

Slips, Trips and FallsAccidents of this nature are the most common among non-fatal injuries to employees, accounting for 29 percent of the most common non-fatal accident kinds. It’s hardly surprising, given the nature of such accidents — nearly every workplace has the capacity to develop a…