Keeping Teen Workers Safe Focus on Food Service

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Keeping Teen Workers SafeFocus on Food Service
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Topics Covered

• Teen injury rates.
• Common injury types for teens who work in food
  service.
• Injury prevention tips.
• Rules, policies, and links.

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Teen Worker Injuries
A Serious Problem

• Every year more than 70,000 teen workers are hurt
  on the job in the United States.

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Teen Worker Injuries - USA

• The teen injury rate is more than two times
  higher than the adult rate.
• About 70 teens each year die from work injuries
  in this country.

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The Problem Is Real

• In Washington State, an average of 10 working
  teens every day seek medical treatment at a
  hospital or clinic because of a work injury.
• One teen worker died in 2004, 3 died in 2003.
• Seven died between 1992 and 2002.

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The Problem Is Real

• One teen worker was burned over 70 of his body
  when a chicken fryer blew up.
• One teen worker was killed after
  falling more than 30 feet to his death
  while washing windows.
• In both instances the teens
  were doing their best to do their jobs.

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Food Service JobsWashington State

• Many teens start a first job in food service.
• More than 800 teens suffer injuries requiring
  medical treatment in Washington each year while
  employed in the food service industry.

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Food Service Jobs

• The top four injury types in
• food service are
• Cuts,
• Burns,
• Sprains strains,
• Slips, trips and falls.

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How Can Cuts Be Prevented?

• To prevent knife cuts
• Be careful when cleaning knives or blades.
• Always look at what you
• are cutting.
• Place a damp cloth under
• cutting boards to prevent slipping.

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How Can Cuts Be Prevented?

• To prevent knife cuts
• - Cut properly
• Carry knives with point down and backwards
• Wear gloves that protect
• your hands from cuts.

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How Can Cuts Be Prevented?

• To prevent machine cuts
• Be sure moving parts are covered by guards.
• Turn off power and unplug to clean.
• Keep your hands, face and hair away from moving
  parts.

Meat Slicer
Teens under the age of 16 are prohibited from
operating food slicers.
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How Can Cuts Be Prevented?

• Prevent machine cuts by
• Not wearing clothing or jewelry that could get
  caught in machines.
• Not using equipment that you have not been
  trained to use.

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How Can Cuts Be Prevented?

• To prevent can lid cuts
• Use the provided can opener.
• Use gloves or dishcloth to dispose of lid.
• Throw it way where it wont injure someone else.

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How Can Cuts Be Prevented?

• To prevent cuts from broken glass
• Use a broom and dustpan to clean it up.
• Wear gloves if you must use your hands.
• Dont use hands and feet to smash down garbage.

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How Can Burns Be Prevented?

• To prevent burns from grills and fryers
• Dont brush up against grills or fryers.
• Stay clear of grills and fryers
  unless you are working there.
• Wear a protective apron.
• Use automatic food lowering devices.

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How Can Burns Be Prevented?

• To prevent burns from grills and fryers
• Cover hot oil and grease when not in use.
• Let ice crystals melt away
  before frying frozen foods.
• Follow company rules for
  handling hot oil wastes.

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How Can Burns Be Prevented?

• To prevent other oil and grease burns
• Watch out for spatters and spills.
• Use protective apron and mitt.
• Clean up spills as soon as they happen.

Protective Mitt
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How Can Burns Be Prevented?

• To prevent burns from open flames
• Keep hair and clothes away from flames.
• Keep flammable materials away from flames.

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How Can Burns Be Prevented?

• To prevent steam burns
• Watch out for steam cloud when you open
  dishwasher, steam table or other places where
  steam occurs.
• Wear protective gloves whenever you open
  something filled with steam.

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How Can Burns Be Prevented?

• To prevent burns from hot food and drinks
• Understand how to operate equipment that produces
  hot food and drinks.
• Make sure take-out lids are securely attached.
• When carrying food, watch out for other people.

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How Can Strains Be Prevented?

• Ask for help with heavy loads.
• Ask for training in safe lifting methods.
• Push loads rather than pull them.
• Dont lift and then twist.
• Dont lean out drive-through windows.

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How Can Slips, Trips Falls be Prevented?

• To prevent trips, slips and falls
• Make sure your path is clear, clean and dry
  before carrying a load.
• Move boxes and carts out of the way.
• Watch for mop and broom handles.
• Use non-slip floor pads.

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How Can Slips, Trips Falls Be Prevented?

• To Prevent trips, slips and falls
• Wear shoes with soles that grip.
• Clean up spills as soon as
• they happen.
• When you carry something,
• put a lid on it. Use a cart or
• hand truck if its heavy.
• Be aware of your working
• area.

Slip-resistant shoes
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How Can Slips, Trips Falls Be Prevented?

• Ladders
• Use ladders correctly.
• Dont lean out away from the ladder. Move it
  closer.
• Have a helper secure the area.
• Put the ladder back where it belongs when
  finished.
• Dont leave a ladder unattended.

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Remember

• Your employer is required by law to provide a
  safe work place for you.
• All workers have this right.
• Your responsibility is to follow the safety
  rules.

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Remember

• No one expects that you will
  know everything about
  your
  job, including your boss, even
• if you have worked in a
• similar place or have been
• on the job for awhile.
• If you dont know how
• to do something - ASK!

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What Can Teen Workers Do?

• If you see dangerous situations, tell someone!
• All workers have the right by law
  to be safe.
• Report unsafe situations!

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Rules, Policies Links
The Department of Labor and Industries hosts a
Website about Teen Worker Safety. The site has
information about rules and policies regarding
hiring teens, wage and hour issues, prohibited
activities, necessary posters and forms, and much
more. LI Teen Workers Labor and Industries
also conducts workshops for restaurant managers
and supervisors to teach them how to safely
employ teen workers. LI Teen Restaurant
Safety Federal OSHA also has a teen worker
website http//www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/
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• Thank you for taking the time to learn about
  safety and health and how to prevent injuries and
  illnesses.