Danger may be lurking closer to home than you think. Most accidents (fires, scaldings, cuts) happen in your kitchen. BEWARE the kitchen… it may be trying to kill you. I love to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, making me a high risk candidate for all the death and disfigurement the cook house walls hold.
JES Restaurant Equipment has put together this infographic packed with ghastly facts and safety tips about the dangers of of your closest friend… your kitchen.
Highlights
- Over 150,000 home fires started each year due to cooking equipment
- Those fires cost over $724,000,000.00, injured almost 5,000 and killed on average 460 per year
- 1.169 MILLION emergency hospital visits in male 15 years + due to cuts on hands and arms
- Cuts and lacerations ranked 5th in the top 10 reasons for ER visits
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Infographic by JES Restaurant Equipment VIA Foodiggity