Are you a grocery store manager?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to the grocery trade.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to grocery stores.
→ The integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 31 occupational risk situations classified into 6 work units:
Receiving goods
Shelving
Collection
Customer contact
Cleaning of premises
Work premises
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
The danger of manual handling during shelving: Shelving in a grocery store involves a great deal of manual handling for the staff. This is because the various products are put on the shelves one by one by hand. What's more, while almost all products are packaged in small quantities, generally not exceeding 1kg, there are also products packaged in large volumes. This is the case, for example, with drinking water in 9kg packs. Risks associated with manual handling are present whenever large loads have to be handled, but also when handling small loads a large number of times. Several other criteria increase the risks: long handling distances, difficulty in moving around the grocery store (steps to climb, cluttered area, etc.), and above all, the way loads are carried (good/bad posture, use of handling aids or not, etc.). In the short term, the possible risks associated with handling are pain, particularly muscular pain, mainly affecting the upper limbs. In the long term, manual handling can lead to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD), affecting muscles, tendons and nerves in the upper limbs (shoulders, elbows, wrists) and spine (back pain, neck pain and lumbago).
 
The danger of manual handling during shelving: Shelving in a grocery store involves a great deal of manual handling for the staff. This is because the various products are put on the shelves one by one by hand. What's more, while almost all products are packaged in small quantities, generally not exceeding 1kg, there are also products packaged in large volumes. This is the case, for example, with drinking water in 9kg packs. Risks associated with manual handling are present whenever large loads have to be handled, but also when handling small loads a large number of times. Several other criteria increase the risks: long handling distances, difficulty in moving around the grocery store (steps to climb, cluttered area, etc.), and above all, the way loads are carried (good/bad posture, use of handling aids or not, etc.). In the short term, the possible risks associated with handling are pain, particularly muscular pain, mainly affecting the upper limbs. In the long term, manual handling can lead to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD), affecting muscles, tendons and nerves in the upper limbs (shoulders, elbows, wrists) and spine (back pain, neck pain and lumbago).
 
The danger of falling on the same level in the grocery store: When stocking shelves with products, and more generally when moving around the grocery store, staff members can fall on the same level. The causes of these falls can be diverse: spilling a product which makes the floor slippery, dampness and water marks on the floor on bad weather days, wearing shoes with poor grip on the floor, and so on. It's possible to fall on the same level at any time of the year, but it happens more frequently on bad weather days, when it's raining or snowing outside and customers bring in water as they pass through the grocery store, making the floors increasingly slippery. The possible damage caused by falls on the same level is impact with the floor or with an object on the ground. This can result in bruising, hematomas, sprains (particularly of the ankles) and wounds. In rarer cases, such as a fall down steps or direct contact of the head with the ground or an object, it is possible for a person to suffer head trauma.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Grocery Store Safety Tips" by AmTrust Financial.