Kitchen Safety Tips

Knife handling:

• Do not touch knife blades.
• If a knife falls, let it go and do not try to catch it.
• Carry knives with cutting edge angled away from your body and tip pointed down to your side.
• Hand off to someone by placing knife down on a clean surface and allowing the other person to pick it up.
• Do not talk with co-workers while using a knife. When interrupted, stop cutting and place the knife down.
• Avoid placing knives near the edge of a countertop.

Do not use knives around moving machine parts where a pull-in hazard exists.