The tool is used to identify and evaluate the risks of preparing meals in indoor kitchens, packing and delivering food to customers, arranging equipment and food at the customer facilities and of serving food. The tool covers a wide range of risks including slips, trips and falls, vehicle safety, thermal risks due to handling hot food containers and MSDs due to prolonged static standing and the manual handling of heavy containers and equipment.

The tool helps identify and evaluate the risks of butchers and meat processing companies. The tool covers a wide range of risks including cuts due to the handling of knives,  thermal risks from handling frozen pieces of meat or from working in refrigerators and MSDs due to static standing postures or the handling and transferring of large pieces of meat. The tool is not intended for slaughterhouses.    

This tool is intended for micro and small companies to conduct their safety and health risk assessment. The tool focusses on waiters working in cafes, hotels, restaurants and similar spaces (indoors and outdoors), also including occasional work outside the employer's premises (e.g. at events). A broad variety of risks is covered including slips, trips and falls, ergonomic risks due to long standing,  uncomfortable working positions and manual handling of loads, psychosocial risks and much more.

The tool is made to assess the risk of working in the kitchen of a restaurant, bistro but also includes work done occasionally outdoors (events, etc.). A broad variety of hazards has been addressed, especially mechanical hazards while handling hand tools (risk of cuts), hazards from slips, trips and falls, thermal hazards due to handling hot objects, unfavorable microclimatic conditions, ergonomic risks due to long standing and bent body positions and due to carrying heavy loads (raw materials for food preparation, large pots, etc.), as well as psychosocial risks.

This tool is intended for companies processing food. Typically, occupational health and safety in this sector covers safety aspects caused by working with equipment. However, this sector is characterized by multiple risk factors such as: poor ergonomics including poor work postures, repetitive movements, manual lifting of heavy weights, organic dust, chemicals used for cleaning and disinfection etc. The tool includes tips on reduction of workload and improvement of work organization, fire safety, workplace ergonomics etc. It helps reducing accidents at work and enables better prevention against occupational diseases. Using the tool contributes to keep workers healthy, motivated and with good work ability.