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 other hospitality businesses may involve kitchens, housekeeping, laundry operations, cleaning chemicals, maintenance activities, lifting, slips and falls, customer interaction, emergency response, and other workplace hazards.
Automotive &
Fuel Service
Automotive businesses may expose employees to vehicles, lifts, power tools, chemicals, fuels, batteries, welding, compressed gases, painting operations, hazardous energy, and other shop hazards.
Cleaning, Laundry
& Facility Services
Cleaning and facility-service employees may work with cleaning chemicals, powered equipment, ladders, lifting and material handling, electrical equipment, vehicles, customer facilities, and changing workplace conditions.
Landscaping, Tree Care
& Pest Control
Outdoor service operations can involve vehicles, mobile equipment, power tools, pesticides and other chemicals, ladders, heat exposure, noise, lifting, work near traffic, and changing environmental conditions.
Retail &
Consumer Service
Retail and consumer-service businesses may involve customer interaction, material handling, storage, deliveries, cash handling, slips and falls, powered equipment, chemicals, emergency response, and workplace security.
Property, Recreation &
Public-Facing Operations
Businesses responsible for properties, recreational facilities, or public areas may have hazards associated with maintenance, chemicals, equipment, visitors, vehicles, grounds, water, and public interaction.
Entertainment & Production
Film and television productions combine temporary worksites, electrical equipment, rigging, vehicles, tools, temporary structures, changing crews, special effects, location work, and other production-specific hazards.
Agricultural & Outdoor Operations
Agricultural operations may involve tractors and mobile equipment, machinery, pesticides, chemicals, animals, heat exposure, manual material handling, outdoor work, and other hazards that vary considerably by the type of operation.
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.