1. Why is safety in the kitchen important?
Kitchen Safety
Why is safety in the kitchen important?

2. No one likes to cut a finger on a knife, get burned or slip and fall
No one likes to cut a finger on a knife, get burned or slip and fall. Most of us, however, have had one or more of these accidents. SAFETY in the kitchen means using precautionary methods in the kitchen to prevent an accident. Most accidents in the kitchen are due to carelessness.

3. SAFETY first. How much do you already know about kitchen safety
SAFETY first. How much do you already know about kitchen safety? For each question below, decide whether the practice is safe or unsafe. Click the box next to each question to reveal the answer.
1. Use a towel or your apron to remove a pan from the oven.
2. Pour salt or baking soda over the flames of a grease fire.
3. Wipe up spills on the floor right away.
4. Pour water on a grease fire.
5. Tie back long hair.
6. Climb up on the counter to get items from the top shelf.
7. Use electric appliances with wet hands.
8. Wearing loose clothing while working in the kitchen.
9. Cut away from your body when using a sharp knife.
10. Keep cabinet doors open so everything is in easy reach.
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4. Kitchen Safety Tips for
Preventing Burns/Fires
Preventing Falls
Preventing Cuts
Preventing choking
Preventing Electric Shock

5. Where’s the Hazard?

6. General Safety Guidelines
Pay Attention!
Do not let hair, jewelry, sleeves dangle – catches fire or get tangled in appliances.
Keep your mind on what you’re doing.
Prevent clutter – Clean up as you go and put things away.
Close drawers and doors.

7. General Safety Guidelines
Keep pets away from stove
Make sure to keep matches and lighters out of the hands of children. Put them in high places where tiny hands can't get to them
Avoid keeping anything above the stove
Do not keep matches where children can reach them

8. General Safety Guidelines
Walk in the kitchen no running
Make sure you check your fire or smoke detector at least once a month
Never allow baby walkers in the kitchen
Know where your shut off valves are in the house
Use back burners

9. General Safety Guidelines
Use the right tool for the job.
Store heavy or bulky items on low shelves.
Create a kid free zone in kitchen while cooking
Foods in microwave heat up at different temperatures –mix thoroughly to prevent burning

10. Keys to preventing kitchen accidents are:
Safety in the Kitchen
Keys to preventing kitchen accidents are:
careful kitchen management
safe work habits

11. KITCHEN HAZARDS INCLUDE
Falls
Cuts
Electrical shock
Choking
Strains
Poisoning
Fires and Burns

12. FALLS

14. Preventing Falls Tips Treating Falls
Keep floors clean and clutter free
Get rid of slippery throw rugs
Repair damaged flooring
Foot gear is proper- no floppy slippers, tie shoes, flip-flops, or open-toed shoes
Dispose of broken glass right away
Use a footstool to get to high places, not chairs
Treating Falls
Leave person on floor if anything seems to be broken
Get help

15. CUTS

16. Preventing Cuts Tips Treatment for cuts
Keep Knives sharp and use proper technique
Don’t cut with slippery/oily hands
Use a cutting board with a damp cloth underneath
Wash knives separately
Don’t try to catch a falling knife
Keep fingers away from rough surfaces, slicing edges and rotating beaters
Sweep up glass immediately with broom and dustpan
Clean cuts by running under warm water
Apply pressure if bleeding is heavy
Apply antibacterial crème or spray
Bandage with clean gauze or band-aid

17. Consumer product safety commission estimates over 137,000 people receive hospital treatment for injuries from kitchen knives each year.

18. ELECTRICAL SHOCK

19. Preventing Electrical Shock
Treatment
Tips
No aluminum foil or any metal in the microwave
Don’t plug in several appliances at once
Always unplug appliances after use
Make sure hands are dry when dealing with electric appliances
Keep all electrical appliances and cords away from water
Do not remove items from a toaster with a metal object.
Unplug appliance
Do not touch appliance or person
Notify adult

20. GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit interrupter) outlets should be used in kitchens. If there is a surge or short in the appliance, wiring or plug, the GFI will shut down the power.

21. Preventing CHOKING Treatment Tips Apply Heimlich maneuver
Chew with your mouth closed
Don’t talk and laugh with your mouth full
Don’t play with your mount food
Chew your food thoroughly before swallowing
Apply Heimlich maneuver
Call 911

22. Preventing STRAINS
Definition: to impair, injure, or weaken (a muscle, tendon, etc.) by stretching or overexertion
Prevention of strains:
Bend at the knees when lifting something. This prevents back strain.
Always use a cart to carry heavy things in the kitchen.

23. POISONING

24. Preventing Poisoning Hazardous Chemicals:
Cause burns, breathing difficulties and poisoning.
Read labels.
Never transfer hazardous products to another container.
Never mix different chemical products.
Never mix compounds such as bleach/ammonia.
Use charcoal / BBQ outside ONLY – gives off carbon monoxide.

25. FIRES AND BURNS

26. Preventing Burns Treating Minor burns Tips Keep hair tied back
Always use oven mitts
Turn panhandles inward
Tilt pot lid away from face to prevent burns from steam
Clean grease and bits of food off oven
Never try to move or carry a burning pan
Pull oven rack out with hot pads
Do not use wet/damp hot pads
Run under cool water
Apply lotion, moisturizer or burn crème
Cover loosely with clean gauze

27. Preventing Fires
Never throw water, flour or baking powder on a grease fire.-will cause it to explode
Use baking soda, salt or extinguisher
Do not turn on the exhaust fan over the stove-the fire into the walls of your home!
Keep combustible materials away from stoves or other heat sources (Paper towels, cookbooks, dishtowels)
Make sure knobs are turned in off position at all times on stove.
Keep towels and other materials away from heating elements

28. How to Handle Kitchen Fires

29. How to use a fire extinguisher:
Check the gauge to see if there is enough pressure in it to get the chemicals out to stop the fire.
Use the PASS system:
Pull the pin
Aim it at the base of the fire
Squeeze the handle
Sweep the stream side to side at the base of the fire.

30. Pan Fires
slide lid over top
Turn off oven
Leave pan at stove

31. Oven Fires Turn off heat and keep the door closed
Call fire department to report the fire
Have appliance serviced before you use it again

32. Toaster or Microwave Fires
Keep door closed
Unplug appliance
Call fire department to report the fire
Have appliance serviced before you use it again

33. If YOU Catch on Fire
Stop
Drop
Roll

34. What is important to have in a kitchen in case of an emergency or to help detect an emergency?

35. Fire and smoke detectors
First aid kit
Emergency numbers
Fire extinguishers
Fire and smoke detectors

36. STATISTICS
Most fires start in the kitchen than any other place in the home.
Cooking fires are the #1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries
One person is either burned or scalded every 25 seconds in the USA

37. STATISTICS
There is a noticeable peak in kitchen fires occurring around 6 p.m.
The most common material ignited in kitchen fires
37% -oil, fat, grease
13.5 % food, starch, flour
10.3 % plastic

38. STATISTICS
Unattended cooking is the leading cause of home cooking fires
2/3 of the time fires start within the first 15 minutes of cooking
The stove is the #1 fire hazard in the kitchen

39. Resources
American College of Emergency Physicians (2001). First Aid Manual. New York: Dorling Kindersley Limited.
Barbie Arnold (2005). Akron, OH: The University of Akron.
Boy Scouts of America (1996). Safety- Merit Badge Series. Irving, Texas: Boy Scouts of America.
Hall, J. (January, 2005). Home cooking patterns and trends. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association.
U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Data Center (Oct., 2004).
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