Safety in the Kitchen

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Safety in the Kitchen

• Safe or Unsafe?

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Use a towel to remove a pan from the range.

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Unsafe

• A towel is not meant to remove items from a range
  or oven. Its thinness allows heat to penetrate
  through. Its loose ends can catch on fire.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Pour salt or baking soda over the flames of a
  grease fire.

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Safe

• The salt absorbs the grease and the baking soda
  cuts off the oxygen supply.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Sweep up broken glass with a broom or brush.

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Safe

• Use the proper equipment to pick up glass. A
  broom or brush is a safe way to quickly pick up
  glass.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Cut the tops of cans about half off and then bend
  them up to remove the food.

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Unsafe

• Properly remove entire lid with a can opener.
  Bending back lids increases a risk to an injury
  or cut.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Wait until a wet floor dries before walking on it.

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Safe

• You risk injury if a floor is wet. Wait until it
  is completely dry before walking on it yourself
  or allowing others to walk on it.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Take broken appliances to a service shop for
  repair or discontinue use.

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Safe

• Broken appliances cause a risk to a potential
  fire or a risk of injury.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Be sure poisons are clearly labeled.

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Safe

• Make sure others know what is in bottles that can
  be a potential risk for inproper use or
  consumption. Mr. Yuk stickers are helpful for
  young children that cannot read.

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Safe or Unsafe

• Old refrigerators and freezers should be stored
  with the doors tightly closed so small children
  cant get in them.

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Safe

• Many people might have older refrigerators or
  freezers that are easy for small children to get
  into. Keep them tightly closed or not easily
  accessed.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Keep pan handles toward the edge of the range so
  they are easy to reach.

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Unsafe

• Handles pointed toward the edge of the range are
  easy to bump as you walk by or accessible for
  small children to reach causing a safety risk.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Touch the surface unit on the range after use to
  be sure it is turned off.

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Unsafe

• Newer ranges have a light that indicates whether
  a stove top is still hot. Older ranges do not
  have that. Touching the range top is risking a
  burn.

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Safe or Unsafe

• Do not use a knife to tighten a screw on a handle.

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Unsafe

• Use tools meant for the purpose. Using a knife
  as a screwdriver can damage the knife and risk
  injury.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Use electric appliances with wet or dry hands.

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Unsafe

• Always make sure hands are dry. Wet hands and
  electrical appliances do not mix well. It could
  be a shocking experience.

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Safe or Unsafe

• The safest place for electrical cords is near
  heat such as ranges or hot pipes.

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Unsafe

• Avoid placing electrical cords near heat sources
  such as hot pipes, ranges, or heating ducts.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Cover food and utensils before spraying with
  cleaning fluids or aerosol sprays.

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Safe

• If you are cleaning the kitchen, try to do it
  separately from when you are cooking. Cover food
  if it is necessary to use a cleaning solution.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Wear long-sleeved garments when cooking to
  protect your arms.

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Safe

• Long-sleeved garments help protect your arm. Be
  aware not to wear sleeves which hang too loosely
  around the wrists near the stove top.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Keep flammable materials away from the range.

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Safe

• Duh a stove is hot, do not keep flammables near
  stove. This includes towels, hotpads, recipes,
  or other flammables.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Wash knives with the silverware when doing dishes.

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Unsafe

• Set knives out to wash separately. If you put
  them in the bottom of the sink to be washed with
  the silverware, you risk being cut.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Disconnect the appliance first if food sticks on
  it.

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Safe

• Make sure appliance is disconnected before you
  try to remove food. Appliances such as blenders
  and food processors can cause injury if
  accidentally turned on.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Store household cleaners in the same cabinets
  with food.

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Unsafe

• Always store household cleaners separately from
  food. Also store cleaners away from small
  children.

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• Be sure pot holders are dry before using on hot
  pans.

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Safe

• If a hot pad or oven mitt gets wet, dont use it
  until it dries. A wet pad or cloth will easily
  transmit heat.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Lift the lid of a pan on a range so the opening
  is toward you so the steam billows away from your
  face.

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Safe

• Steam burns are worse than water burns. Steam is
  the gas form of water and is hotter than the
  liquid form. Lift the lid top towards you and
  having the steam away from your face.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Use a chair or box to reach a high shelf.

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Unsafe

• Use a stepstool to reach high areas. Step stools
  are built for the safety of reaching higher
  spaces.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Be sure the cord is out of the way when using an
  appliance.

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Safe

• Make sure the cord is directly plugged into the
  outlet and out of the way of the appliance unit
  itself.

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• Use aerosol spray cans near heat or flames.

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Unsafe

• The use of aerosol cans near heat or flames can
  be a serious hazard.

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• When using a knife, cut away from your body.

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Safe

• Always cut away from your body keeping thumb away
  from cutting line reducing the risk of injury
  from an accidental slip.

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• Clean a wet floor or carpet with the regular
  vacuum cleaner.

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Unsafe

• Regular vacuum cleaners are not made to pick up
  wetness. They can cause damage to the vacuum or
  risk electric shock. Wet-Dry vacuums are
  designed to do both.

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• Mix household cleaners if dirt is hard to remove.

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Unsafe

• Mixing household cleaners can cause a toxic odor
  that can be fatal.

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• Put a lid on a pan which holds a grease fire.

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Safe

• The easiest way to smother a grease fire is to
  put a lid on a pan that holds the grease fire
  will deplete it from oxygen and put it out. Be
  careful with glass lids they can break from the
  extreme heat of open flame.

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• Be sure kitchen rugs have non-skid backs.

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Safe

• Some kitchen work spaces have throw rugs. Make
  sure they are non-skid or have a self-adhesive
  gripper on the backs.

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Safe or Unsafe

• Do not use a charcoal grill or gas grill in home
  or garage.

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• Never use a grill indoors or in a garage,
  breezeway, carport, porch, or under a surface
  that will burn. Gas and charcoal grills present a
  risk of fire and/or carbon monoxide (CO)
  poisoning that could result in injury or death.
  Grill in an open-aired space.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Use a knife to open cans.

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Unsafe

• Again, use tools for their purpose. The misuse
  of knives can cause risk of injury and damage to
  the tool.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Never store poisons in empty food containers.

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Safe

• Do not risk the chance that a poison might be
  identified as consumable. Sometimes it is
  convenient to put in another container. This
  could be fatal.

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• Wipe up spills on the floor right away.

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Safe

• Dont wait for an accident to happen. Wipe up
  spills right away.

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• Pour water on a grease fire.

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Unsafe

• Do NOT pour water on a grease fire. This creates
  a steam explosion which can be dangerous.

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• Run electrical cords under rugs so people wont
  trip over them.

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Unsafe

• Do not run electrical cords under rugs or
  furniture where they may be pinched or stepped
  on. Heat can build up and start a fire. In
  addition, cords can be frayed and expose wires,
  which can also result in a fire.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• Do not plug too many appliance cords into one
  electrical outlet.

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Safe

• Overloaded outlets do cause fires. An estimated
  5,300 annually in American households. Almost
  2,000 of those occur during the holidays.

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• Tie back long hair.

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Safe

• Long hair can be caught in equipment and near
  heat sources. In addition, it can increase the
  risk of hair in food.

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Safe or Unsafe?

• When using a knife, use a dull one.

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Unsafe

• Dull knives can be more dangerous than sharp
  knives. Sometimes added pressure to make them
  cut better can cause injury. Sometimes it causes
  a more jagged cut rather than a clean cut.

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• Repair appliances yourself if you think you know
  what is wrong.

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Unsafe

• If you are not a qualified repair person, do not
  attempt to make a critical repair yourself. Take
  repairs that can cause injury or fire to a repair
  shop or throw away and purchase a safer unit.
  Sometimes buying new equipment is cheaper than
  the repair.

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• Carry a pan which holds a grease fire to the sink.

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Unsafe

• DO NOT move or carry the pan outside, it will fan
  the flames and risk spreading. Place a lid
  directly on top. Do not put flour or water on
  the grease fire.