There are plenty of dangerous jobs which make up a large portion of worker’s compensation injuries every year. When you think of dangerous jobs, you probably think of construction, electrical, and jobs along those lines. However, what you might not realize, is that restaurant injuries are also quite common. In fact, they make up quite a large portion of worker’s comp claims each and every year. Although you might think of a restaurant as a pretty safe place to work, there are a lot of different danger zones from front, to back of house…
Restaurant Injuries: More Common than You Might Think
Restaurant injuries are quite common, and the types of them are quite obvious. For example, when you think of what goes on in a restaurant— you can likely assume the types of injuries that occur…
Cuts and lacerations
One of the most common types of restaurant injuries are cuts. If you think about it, the most labor intensive part of a restaurant is typically the kitchen. While every bit of the staff is working hard; the kitchen is usually the most in terms of close quarters, prepping food, cooking food, and getting it ready to go out the customer. When there is heavy volume, combined with these factors, it can be easy to make a careless mistake. Say, cutting your finger while chopping veggies.
Burns and skin wounds
Between steam drawers, fryers, cook tops, hot plates, boiling water, and so forth— burns are practically part of daily life in a restaurant. However, they can leave behind painful wounds, scars, and multiple degrees of burns. While you can take a few steps to prevent them, such as wearing gloves and long sleeves— accidents will still inevitably happen. So, be smart, work tediously, and do what you can to prevent injury.
Slips and falls
Slips and falls rival cuts and lacerations for the more common type of worker’s injury for all service staff. From wet floors, to forgetting your non-slips, and missing your step— a kitchen, and even the main floor of a dining room. Taking a tumble is extremely easy in a restaurant, and the resulting injuries can be quite ranging. During a fall, you can face anything from a broken bone, to a concussion, and even death. In short, you know that falls are unpredictable in nature, as are the resulting injuries.
Accidents in the workplace can be unexpected, and serious
Accidents can happen at any point in time. However, it’s the resulting injuries that cause the most trouble. Financially and emotionally, personal injuries can be quite difficult to deal with. And if that accident happened in the workplace? Then you have a whole other set of things to do. If you find that your employer is trying to deny benefits, or fire you after an injury, consider speaking with an experienced worker’s compensation lawyer today. You are entitled to certain benefits and rights as an injured worker. Let us help you explore those today.