Burn injuries in teen restaurant workers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Archer P ; Li F
• Description:
  A total of 104 restaurant and food service workers were hospitalized in Oklahoma burn centers for work-related burn injuries from 1988 to 2006. Eighteen (17%) of these workers were under 20 years of age. One-third of the burns involved more than 10% total body surface area. Burns and scalds may occur while teens are working as fry cooks, preparing or serving hot foods or drinks, cleaning dishes, and even delivering. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Age Factors
  • Aging
  • Burns
  • Food Handling
  • Food Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-practices
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Age-factors
  • Age-groups
  • Food-handlers
  More +
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038709
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2009 May; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  Feng Li, MD, MPH, MS, Pam Archer, M.P.H., Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Burn Injuries in Teen Restaurant Workers
• End Date:
  20110630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192328/cdc_192328_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 73.25 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:933be41e4481fd7ff397050c5f181c4f9615eebe941397474e9cf04a5e65b9df0eca7d152eb5326206bcd5a2148c83fa61f1485df296591151f1421721befb42