"occupational health and safety + kitchens"

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 05 Apr 2003 18:20 PST

Are you looking for official occupational health and safety
requirements with respect to commercial (e.g. restaurant) kitchens in
the United States?  Or are you looking for other information?

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Clarification of Question by markmayne-ga on 05 Apr 2003 19:14 PST

I am looking to see how to assess kitchen safety/hazards etc from an oh&s perpective

Hello markmayne-ga,

Information on kitchen occupational health and safety can be found at
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:

Kitchen Safety
Dawna L. Cyr and Steven B. Johnson, Ph.D., University of Maine
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000801-d000900/d000825/d000825.html

Recommended Guidelines for Controlling Safety Hazards in Hospitals
Food Service 
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hcwold3a.html

“Occupational Hazards in Eating and Drinking Places"
By Timothy Webster
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/sbw/osh_prof/pdfs/webster.pdf


Another good resource is the National Restaurant Association:

“Strengthen Your Safety Net: Kitchen Safety Is No Accident 
Restaurants USA” February 1997
http://www.restaurant.org/rusa/magArticle.cfm?ArticleID=497


The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety provides
information for young food service workers. However, I believe the
information would be valuable to workers of all ages:

Young Workers' Zone, Cooks
http://www.ccohs.ca/youngworkers/cooks.html

Young Workers' Zone, Food and beverage servers
http://www.ccohs.ca/youngworkers/food.html


The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety also produces a
Food
Service Workers Safety Guide:
http://www.ccohs.ca/products/publications/food.html

Sample pages of the guide can be viewed in PDF format
http://www.ccohs.ca/products/publications/pdf/food%20service%20sampleguide.pdf


Other resources:

Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR
Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
(CROET)
Restaurants & Kitchens Resource Directory
http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/occ/kitchen.html

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Most common federal violations it found in eating-and-drinking places
http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/std/stdser1?esize=0&state=FEFederal&sic=5800

Principal Health News
Burns in the Kitchen, Nina Silberstein
http://www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/kitchenburns

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/895_kitchen.html

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
http://www.nraef.org/


I hope you have found this information helpful. If you have any
questions, please request clarification prior to rating the answer.

Googlenut


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Thank you for the tip.

I'm glad I was able to help.

Googlenut