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Knife Sharpening Using A Steel: Avoiding Cuts in The Kitchen ..They Are No Longer Part of The Job!

This document discusses knife safety in the kitchen. It emphasizes focusing on knife safety to reduce cuts, which are a common form of injury. It identifies several common causes of cuts, including not holding knives and vegetables correctly and losing focus. The document then provides steps for safely sharpening knives using a steel, emphasizing maintaining concentration and wearing a protective glove. It stresses always following proper procedures when handling knives to avoid cuts.

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31 views8 pages

Knife Sharpening Using A Steel: Avoiding Cuts in The Kitchen ..They Are No Longer Part of The Job!

This document discusses knife safety in the kitchen. It emphasizes focusing on knife safety to reduce cuts, which are a common form of injury. It identifies several common causes of cuts, including not holding knives and vegetables correctly and losing focus. The document then provides steps for safely sharpening knives using a steel, emphasizing maintaining concentration and wearing a protective glove. It stresses always following proper procedures when handling knives to avoid cuts.

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Avoiding cuts in the kitchen

..they are no longer part of the


job!
Knife Sharpening using a
steel
Why focus on knife safety?
Its easier to do it correctly
Cuts are the second most common
form of injury
To aid in reducing the risk of a cut.
To aid in creating a safe working
environment.
To increase individual awareness of
the importance of this topic
Common accident causes
Not holding a vegetable correctly
Not holding knife correctly
Not carrying knife correctly
Tried to catch knife that was dropped
Applying too much pressure to knife
Knife left in sink
Sharpening
Using a Steel Safely
Wear an anti-cut glove on your
steel holding hand
Never loose concentration
remain focused
Step 1:

Place the heel of the knife blade against the tip of the
steel, blade toward you, at an approximate 20-degree
angle. The blunt edge of the knife should be raised
about a quarter-inch above the cutting edge.

Step 2:

Pull the edge of the blade across the steel in a sweeping


motion such that the tip of the blade ends up touching
the handle of the steel. Maintain the 20-degree angle.
Step 3:

Put the steel on top of the knife, with the blunt edge
angled 20 degrees away from the steel

Step 4:

Draw the knife across the steel again. This time you are
reshaping the other edge.

Step 5:
Using Hand Protection

Wear a close fitting anti-cut (Kevlar) glove in


your holding hand only
Always wear a plastic glove over it to keep it
clean (preferably a blue plastic glove).
Change your plastic glove regularly and
immediately if you cut into it. Think about the
Summary
Follow the correct procedures

Never take your eye off the knife

Avoid distraction

CONCENTRATE
Remember
How sore small cuts can be..
How long they take to heal..

This must not be the casecuts are no


longer part of the job!

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