Food Service Work-Related Burn Injuries in Michigan

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University
• Description:
  Cooks, food handlers, kitchen workers, and wait staff are among the top 50 occupations at risk for an on-the-job burn injury. In Michigan from 2009 to 2013, 2,127 food service workers including 814 fast-food workers were hospitalized or treated in the emergency room for a work-related burn (24.3 % and 9.3% of all work-related burns, respectively). Approximately 2% of all food service injured workers required hospitalization. The majority of food service and fast-food burn events, (53.6% and 63.0%, respectively), were among young workers (≤24 years). More young men in food service and more women in fast food were burned, (52.3% and 54.0%, respectively). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Cooking Equipment Food Services Hand Protection Hazards Safety Practices
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066725
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2016 Mar; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Food service work-related burn injuries in Michigan
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:804d93edf7ebe9a7e6ad7bfcd3a2e9fc2b9fc7eb7423b9624f19ed4013f32166987c1bdd6c42e8255cc402a6cef194b7ff0fb1484e8c4063d880238b0ca0c33e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231079/cdc_231079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 192.87 KB ]