Commercial and service businesses can have very different workplace hazards depending on the services provided, facilities, equipment, chemicals, vehicles, customer interactions, and employee activities. A hotel, automotive repair shop, cleaning company, restaurant, and landscaping contractor may all require very different safety programs.
Our Commercial Safety Manuals and Service Business Safety Manuals can be customized around your company’s operations, equipment, workplace hazards, and employee exposures. Select your type of business below to explore safety manuals developed for specific commercial and service industries.
Hospitality &
Food Service
Hotels, restaurants, and hospitality businesses may involve kitchens, housekeeping, laundry, cleaning chemicals, maintenance, lifting, slips and falls, customer interaction, and emergency response.
Automotive &
Fuel Service
Automotive and fuel-service businesses may expose employees to vehicles, lifts, tools, fuels, batteries, chemicals, welding, compressed gases, painting operations, and hazardous energy.
Equipment, Rental
& Facility Services
Cleaning and facility-service employees may work with chemicals, powered equipment, ladders, electrical equipment, lifting and material handling, vehicles, customer facilities, and changing work conditions.
Landscaping,
Tree Care
& Pest Control
Outdoor service operations may involve vehicles, mobile equipment, power tools, pesticides, ladders, heat, noise, lifting, work near traffic, and changing weather and environmental conditions.
Retail &
Consumer
Service
Retail and consumer-service businesses may involve customer interaction, material handling, storage, deliveries, powered equipment, chemicals, slips and falls, emergency response, and security.
Property, Recreation
& Public-Facing
Operations
Property and recreational operations may involve maintenance, chemicals, tools and equipment, vehicles, groundskeeping, water hazards, visitors, public interaction, and changing worksite conditions.
Entertainment
& Production
Film and television productions may involve temporary worksites, electrical equipment, rigging, vehicles, tools, temporary structures, changing crews, special effects, location work, and production hazards.
Agricultural & Outdoor Operations
Agricultural operations may involve tractors, mobile equipment, machinery, pesticides, chemicals, animals, heat exposure, manual material handling, outdoor work, and changing environmental conditions.
Common Commercial & Service Safety Programs
The safety programs needed by a commercial or service business depend on the services performed, facilities, equipment, chemicals, vehicles, employee activities, and workplace hazards. Common programs may include:
- Accident Prevention
- Chemical Handling Safety
- Driver Safety / Defensive Driving
- Electrical Safety
- Emergency Action Plan
- Ergonomics
- Fall Protection
- Fire Prevention
- First Aid
- Fleet Vehicle Safety
- Hand and Power Tool Safety
- Hazard Communication
- Housekeeping
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Ladder and Stairway Safety
- Lockout/Tagout
- Manual Lifting
- Material Handling
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Respiratory Protection
- Safety Audits and Inspections
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Spill Prevention and Response
- Walking-Working Surfaces
- Working Alone
- Working Around the Public
- Workplace Security
- Workplace Violence Prevention
Additional programs can be included for specialized equipment, chemicals, services, facilities, and employee exposures.
Customized Commercial & Service Safety Manuals
Two businesses in the same industry may perform different services, use different equipment and chemicals, or expose employees to very different workplace hazards. The programs included in a safety manual should reflect the company’s actual operations rather than simply its industry classification.
A customized Commercial & Service Safety Manual can be assembled around the programs applicable to your business, employees, equipment, facilities, and workplace hazards.