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Restaurant 20.04.2006

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A 16-year-old, who was working in a roadside restaurant, was seriously burned by hot fat while preparing a customer’s fried breakfast. He put some bread in a deep-fat fryer; the fryer fell from its support without warning and a wave of scalding oil poured over the young worker’s leg and foot. The trainee had not completed his training, but the local management decided that he was competent to use the fryer. An investigation found that there had been a previous incident involving hot oil burns to a young worker, when the trainee was transferring hot fat from on receptacle to another. The company has since brought in a rule that nobody under the age of 18 is allowed to work with hot fat.

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"During their education, at school and university, students are prepared for their future trade or profession. The studies develop technical expertise and competence as well as an intellectual capability to solve problems. They may be initiated in data processing, informatics, communication, accounting, marketing, administration and/or legal issues. It is, however, extremely rare to find health and safety at work being taught to non-practitioners as part of their general education programme."

Dr Michelle Wyart-Remy, Secretary General IMA-Europe, The European Industrial Minerals Association