Kitchen Safety Tips: How to Avoid Cooking Burns and What to Do if Burned

Burning yourself on a hot frying pan is one of the most common injuries you can get in the kitchen. It often happens because of haste and carelessness. Fortunately, cooking burns are usually minor first-degree burns, where only the outer layer of the skin is exposed to heat. Much worse and more dangerous are second and third degree burns that affect the dermis and deeper layers under the skin. They need to go straight to the hospital.