Women spend a lot of their time in preparing food in the kitchen, so the probability of occurring accidents is so frequent because it is the place where we build fire; use sharp knifes, & face hot temperatures .

We present below some advices to avoid any accidents or minor burns that women may have in the kitchen:

1. Injuries:

Injuries are the first risk inside the kitchen

To prevent injuries in the kitchen you can do the following:

• If the knife slips from your hand, don’t try to catch it during its way to the floor, instead, raise your hands up & move backward. Be sure that any trial of catching the knife will cause wound . Try to buy knifes with heavy handle to insure that when it slip from your hand it will go to floor quickly without hurting your hand or crash with your legs .

• For chopping vegetables, use flat surface or wooden cutting board

• Avoid to hold vegetables during slicing instead, chop on a cutting board, & make your palm above your fingers with which you make slices .

• Be careful during cutting the aluminum foil as the serrate pieces may cause many hurts .

• Get out the foil with your both hands and close the pack before cutting & don’t let children do this task .

• In opening the caned food Make sure that the cane lid is fully opened before raising it, & don’t let part of the lid hanged with the cane because if you try to pull it there will be a probability to hurt all your fingers.

• Deal with mixer blades as careful as knifes, & if you want to clean them take them to pieces, but don’t dump them to dish washer because you may not see them and injured while searching about them .

• Don’t enter your hand inside any glass while cleaning it because it may be broken & hurt you, instead, use glass brush or sponge with a handle.

2. Burns:

Burns are the second risk inside the kitchen . To prevent burns from occurring in the kitchen you can do the following:

• Make handles of pots on the cooker directed to inside , & if you want to leave hot pots on the table don’t forget to warn your family, to be more careful you can leave heat glove on the handle to draw attention.

• Be careful from steam because it is hotter than boiled water & open the hot pots slowly to let steam go out. Remember also to turn your face away when opening oven or dish washer .

• When use heat gloves make sure that they are dry because wet will transfer the heat to your hands quickly.

• Don’t use machines that have uncovered wire, & generally put machines away from the sink .You can use electrical extension lead and put it in a safe place, but don’t load it with too many machines .

• Put strict rules for your children in the kitchen because they are a source of risk in it, on the contrary, it doesn’t mean to forbid them to enter the kitchen but it is desirable to present with you in the kitchen to learn how to avoid hurts .

• Learn them to move quietly in the kitchen because speed & running may cause many problems. Explain to them your point of view; they may run into someone who holds hot pot .

3. Slipping :

• Clean immediately any thing split on the ground to not to make you slip. If there are fats split on the floor put salt or wheat flour to absorb the fats, then cleaning process will be easier.

• Wear a non skid shoes or slippers to avoid slipping while holding hot glass or loss balance while holding heavy pot.

• Know that ceramic collects steams, so it is better to put pedal on the floor or small carpet to prevent slipping, also if it is put below the sink, it can absorb spilt water.

This is not the only risks in your kitchen, your actions may cause another types of risks, so follow the next advices.

• Buy the best types of kitchenware, & don’t believe that cheap ones are great opportunity.

• Add food in hot pots so slowly specially while frying. You should filtering wet food completely before putting it in the boiled oil .

• If grilling pots covered with fats, they will be a direct reason of kitchen fires, so in this case the covers of pots are required. But generally if a fire occurred, don’t try to put it out by water, but use fire extinguisher.

• Don’t let knifes dispersed in the drawers and put them in wooden cube and be aware that the unsharpened knifes may also hurt you .

• Be calm when facing risks, if you wound, take clean cloth & press on the it about five to ten minutes .

• If you burn your self , the best action will be to put a piece of ice or cold water on it to low the temperature of the skin and make it clean .

• If a fire is built in the pot of frying, don’t pour any water on it to put it out but you must prevent the oxygen from it by cover with tight lid .

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