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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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"Health and Safety has been high on the agenda of the construction industry for a very a long time. It is everyone's responsibility to avoid accidents on construction sites, which typically range from falls from heights to the unsafe handling of dangerous substances. FIEC re-confirms its long-standing and ongoing determination to contribute to a continuous real improvement in the sector's health and safety record among young construction workers. This will have a leverage effect on all construction site workers."

Wilhelm Küchler, President of FIEC