Distillery Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for distillery in food & beverage settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for distillery in food & beverage settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
- Showcases heritage techniques that enhance regional identity.
- Creates downstream value in cooperage, packaging, and design services.
- Generates visitor spend via guided tours and tasting experiences.
- Encourages controlled, educational sampling in a regulated environment.
- Develops high-skill roles in distillation, maturation, and quality assurance.
Typical hazards & measures
- Fire hazards in bonded storage — Segregate flammable spirit storage, fit fire-resistant doors, and install suppression systems. Keep aisles clear, train fire wardens, and maintain alarms. Conduct drills with local fire services annually.
- Chemical cleaning (CIP systems, sanitising agents) — Store caustics, acids, and sanitisers in locked ventilated areas, with SDS available. Provide PPE, spill kits, and closed dosing. Train staff in mixing, neutralisation, and emergency response.
- Manual handling of grain, barrels, and cases — Supply pallet trucks and forklifts, split bulk loads, and store at safe heights. Train in posture and team handling, rotate tasks, and log manual handling training annually.
- Hot liquids and steam burns — Insulate pipes and stills, provide PPE gloves, aprons, and goggles. Train staff to handle condensers safely and purge steam lines before maintenance. Keep eyewash and drench showers accessible.
- Glass breakages in bottling/tasting — Provide guarded bottling lines, shatter bins, and shard kits. Train staff to clean with tools not hands, quarantine contaminated stock, and use shatterproof glassware where possible in tours.
How to use this template
- Click Create Risk Assessment: Distillery to begin immediately.
- Review suggested hazards and measures, then tailor as needed.
- Download your PDF. Create a free account if you want to save.
FAQ
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