Houston Burn Injury Lawyers

Preventing Kitchen Burn Injuries

The number of severe and deadly burn injuries has dropped noticeably over the last twenty years, largely due to an increase in the public’s awareness of burn injuries and their causes. Nevertheless, burn injuries continue to be one of the leading causes of preventable death and disability in the United States year after year.

One of the most frequent places that burn injuries take place in the home is in the kitchen. To prevent these accidents from taking place, it is important that people familiarize themselves with the most common causes of burn injuries and learn how to prevent these accidents from taking place. The following safety tips will hopefully keep you and your family free from burn injuries in the kitchen:

Appliances should be unplugged when they are not in use. If you are using an electrical appliance, make sure to unplug it as soon as you are finished using it to make sure that you don’t forget later on.

All hot items, including food and cookware, should be kept as far back on the counter as possible. This will prevent items from falling off the counter and will additionally keep young children from accidentally reaching up and touching something hot.

If you have young children in the house you should avoid using tablecloths. If you place something hot on a tablecloth, a child can grab on to one end of the tablecloth and pull the hot item onto him or herself.

When carrying hot cookware through the kitchen, try to hold it over the countertop or over tables as much as possible. In the event that you spill or drop the cookware, you will be protected from spills and contact burns.

Never hold a child while you are cooking. Doing so increases the likelihood that you will drop or spill hot items, which could burn you and your child.

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If you have been the victim of a burn injury, contact the Houston burn injury lawyers of Williams Kherkher today by calling 832-369-8296 and schedule a consultation.