Heeding To Safety Measures In Bakery

The bakery business has great potential for creativity but it requires sustained hard work and knowledge of the industry to reach success.

- Swarnendu Biswas

Today with growing demand for baked goods in India and the Indian bakery industry going through impressive growth rates, bakery business has become a lucrative option to explore for entrepreneurs in the country. But it should also be borne in mind that the bakery business in India is still largely labour-intensive, inherently creative and also involves more potential risks than many other sedate professions.

Some bakery processes have varying degrees of potential hazards, and therefore people working in day-to-day bakery operations or entrepreneurs running bakery enterprises should also be careful enough to not let those potential hazards percolate into unwelcome realities in the form of accidents or diseases like Baker's Asthma. Entrepreneurs venturing into bakery business should take necessary steps for the proper safety of their workers.

There is high chance of spillages in the production unit/s of bakeries. Spilled dough, batter, and oil, and wet floors, in general, should be cleaned with due promptness and as long as they are not cleaned, it is always sensible to place a warning sign for wet and/or slippery floor/s. This can lower the probability of accidents from occurring across the bakery units to a great degree. It should be noted that in terms of spillages related accidents, the most critical area is the premixing zone. Here maximum spillages in bakeries are expected to occur.

At the same time, slip-resistant floor coverings can contribute towards prevention of accidents through spillage. Furthermore, workers engaged in day-to-day baking operations should be given training for using ladders and step stools.