Dining Room and Dish Room Safety

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Dining Room and Dish Room Safety

• Prevention and
• Treatment

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Lifting and Carrying

• Use the proper lifting techniques when lifting
  and carrying heavy loads. Clear the path you
  intend to take. When lifting, bend the knees and
  use the legs to lift. Be careful when carrying
  liquids, especially hot ones. Never lift beyond
  your own lifting capacity.

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Knives

• Knives are one of the most useful tools in the
  food service, but also one of the most dangerous.
  
• Always cut away from the body on a proper cutting
  surface.
• Put on a mesh glove or make sure to protect your
  hands when cutting hard-to-cut desserts
• Keep the blades sharp and clean. Keep the knife
  grips clean.
• Never leave knives lying in water with the rest
  of the utensils as it can injure an unsuspecting
  dishwasher.
• When wiping blades, always point the cutting edge
  away from the hand. Lay knives flat and away from
  counter edges.
• If a knife should fall, do not try to catch it.
  Pick it up after it has fallen.
• Always return clean knives to their proper
  storage areas when done working with them

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Dishwasher Safety

• Glasses can break in the dishwasher. Beware of
  this when loading and unloading to prevent being
  cut.
• Sharp knives and prongs can cut if they are not
  loaded facing downward.
• Do not reach into the washer or dryer when it is
  operating. Wait until the machine has stopped
  completely.
• Never wash or dry articles spotted with flammable
  substances like dry cleaning fluids or gasoline.
  They could ignite or explode.
• Incorrect use of chlorine bleach with ammonia
  can produce poisonous gas.

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Pressure Washer

• Risks
• The strong spray from a pressure washer can
  cause serious wounds that might first appear
  minor.
• Wounds that appear minor can cause a person to
  delay treatment, increasing risk for infection,
• disability or amputation.
• The fast, strong spray can throw objects that
  strike and injure others who are close by.
• Electric shock can occur if the pressure washer
  is not used properly and if safety instructions
  are not followed.
• Using small, gasoline powered engines can cause
  carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Workers should not use any equipment powered by
  gasoline engines inside buildings or other
  partially enclosed spaces
• unless the gasoline engine can be placed outdoors
  and away from air intakes.

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Precautions

• Never point a pressure washer at yourself or
  others.
• Never attempt to push or move objects with
  spray from the washer.
• Never use a gasoline powered washer in an
  enclosed space.
• Always test the ground fault circuit
  interrupter (circuit breaker or outlet) before
  using a pressure
• washer.
• Always plug a properly grounded pressure washer
  into a properly grounded receptacle.

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Precautions continued

• If an extension cord must be used, keep the
  pressure washers power cord connection out of
  any standing water, and use a heavy duty
  extension cord with components rated for use in
  wet locations.
• Keep both the power cord and extension cord
  connections as far away as possible from the item
  being washed and away from any water runoff.
• Wear rubber soled shoes that provide some
  insulation when using the pressure washer.
• Never cut or splice the pressure washers power
  cord or extension cords.

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Precautions continued

• Never remove the grounding prong from the
  pressure washers power cord plug or the
  extension cord.
• Always have a qualified electrician check the
  pressure washer for electrical problems after it
  has tripped a circuit breaker.

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Burn Treatment

• Run cool water and affected area, DO NOT apply
  creams or any other substances until the severity
  of the burn has been looked at by a medical
  professional
• Shield yourself from steam when uncovering food,
  especially microwave servings.
• Steam can cause serious burns.

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Floors

• Wet floor signs must be moved as you go. They
  must be visible in both the back and the front of
  the cafeteria, otherwise someone might trip and
  fall.
• When cleaning the dish room floors, make sure the
  floor is dry after pressuring washing and before
  the rugs are put back

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Additional Notes

• Remember you personal safety is extremely
  important!
• Try and be aware of safety guidelines
• Put your own safety before any object!