A Review on Mechanical & Physical Hazards at Domestic Kitchen

Kitchen is one of the most important aspects in our life. We wait eagerly for the delicious foodstuffs of our kitch enette. However, many simple but repetitive kitchen activities can be a threat to our health. Such as peeling potatoes, chopping, and picking up heavy pots and kettles, overstretchi...

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Main Author: Jaita Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Occupational Health and Safety Society of Nepal 2012-02-01
Series:International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health
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Online Access:https://ijoshnepal.com/file/115/download
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description Kitchen is one of the most important aspects in our life. We wait eagerly for the delicious foodstuffs of our kitch enette. However, many simple but repetitive kitchen activities can be a threat to our health. Such as peeling potatoes, chopping, and picking up heavy pots and kettles, overstretching to reach to utensils or ingredients etc. can cause or ag gravate pain & discomfort in hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder and neck (Physical hazards). Musculoskeletal problems are not only the one, but various accidents also happen in domestic kitchen (Mechanical Hazards). Traumatic and repetitive injuries related to kitchen tasks include lacerations, cut, slips & falls, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, thermal strains, burn etc. Those menaces generally occur due to poor ergonomics, as poor work practices, poor quality equipment and poorly maintained equipment
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spelling doaj.art-4af6c75d1cab4d81a6d676bb83eb2c9f2022-12-21T23:33:24ZengOccupational Health and Safety Society of NepalInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Health2091-08782091-08782012-02-0121710A Review on Mechanical & Physical Hazards at Domestic KitchenJaita Mondal0Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Medical Sciences (Nursing Programme), Pokhara, Nepal Kitchen is one of the most important aspects in our life. We wait eagerly for the delicious foodstuffs of our kitch enette. However, many simple but repetitive kitchen activities can be a threat to our health. Such as peeling potatoes, chopping, and picking up heavy pots and kettles, overstretching to reach to utensils or ingredients etc. can cause or ag gravate pain & discomfort in hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder and neck (Physical hazards). Musculoskeletal problems are not only the one, but various accidents also happen in domestic kitchen (Mechanical Hazards). Traumatic and repetitive injuries related to kitchen tasks include lacerations, cut, slips & falls, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, thermal strains, burn etc. Those menaces generally occur due to poor ergonomics, as poor work practices, poor quality equipment and poorly maintained equipmenthttps://ijoshnepal.com/file/115/downloaddomestic kitchenphysical hazardsmechanical hazards
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