Food production, UK wide
Food Manufacturing Health and Safety
Food businesses juggle two safety worlds at once: protecting the people who make the food and protecting the people who eat it. AL23 Safety supports food manufacturers, processors and packers across the UK on the occupational health and safety side, helping you manage workplace risk so it works hand in hand with your food safety controls.
Why it matters in food manufacturing
The risks are real and so are the duties
Production environments are wet, fast and full of machinery, which makes them genuinely hazardous places to work. The sector has some of the highest rates of slips and machinery injuries in UK industry.
Food safety is governed separately by the Food Standards Agency so our focus is the occupational health and safety that keeps your workforce safe and your production lines running.
The main risks
Where the harm comes from
The hazards that cause the most serious harm in this sector and the ones we focus on first.
Slips, trips and falls
The single biggest cause of major injury in food manufacturing, driven by wet and greasy floors.
Machinery
Unguarded or poorly isolated machines causing amputations and crush injuries.
Manual handling
Repetitive lifting and carrying.
Hazardous substances
Cleaning chemicals and refrigerants under COSHH.
Workplace transport and cold
Forklifts and the effects of chilled and cold-store working.
The regulations that apply
Your legal framework, in plain terms
On the occupational side you will engage the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, PUWER 1998, COSHH 2002, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and RIDDOR 2013. Food safety runs alongside this under FSA-enforced rules and HACCP principles, which we can support but which sit separately from workplace health and safety.
Key duties commonly engaged:
- HSWA 1974
- PUWER 1998
- COSHH 2002
- Manual Handling 1992
- RIDDOR 2013
- HACCP
How we help
Built around your operation
We provide risk assessments, safety audits, method statements, accident investigation and health and safety documentation tailored to food production. Where you want help joining up food safety management and HACCP with your wider systems, we can support that too.
Why AL23 Safety
Sector-aware support that gets used
Two worlds, clearly handled
We focus on occupational health and safety alongside your food safety controls.
Practical
Advice that fits a live production environment.
Flexible
One-off support or an ongoing arrangement.
Nationwide
We support food businesses across the UK.
Get in touch
Keep your production safe and compliant
Get in touch to discuss your food sector health and safety needs.
Related services