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What Causes Restaurant Scalds and Burns?
Restaurant drive thru scalds and burns from hot beverages have become a problem of epidemic proportions. The Burn Foundation states that the food service industry experiences the highest number of burns of any employment sector — listing job positions of cooks, food...
Restaurants, OSHA & Shared Space
Shared Space Applies to Your Restaurant Lawsuit! Why? Because OSHA applies to your restaurant Lawsuit! OSHA guidelines play a significant role in almost every kind of restaurant industry incident as it pertains to safety, health, and security, not just those involving...
Restaurant Murder and Theft
Restaurants and bars are prime targets for robbery, burglary, theft, murder and other criminal and violent activity - often resulting in injury, harm, and even death to employees and patrons. It is restaurant industry standard to have established written safety...
The 99+ Signs of Visible Intoxication
Identifying signs of visible intoxication matters when you put it the perspective that there are 39 deaths from a drunk driving incident across the United States...per day. Not every month or every week. Every day. You are likely already aware of that problem to some...
Restaurant Administrative Responsibilities
Consider the operational and administrative responsibilities that must be met to operate a business (any business), let alone make it into a viable and profitable venture that provides a source of income for not just one family but, in most instances, for many. At the...
Cups and Lids and Hot Coffee Spills
Cups and lids are the heroes we didn’t know we needed when it comes to protecting against hot coffee spills. But they can’t do their job if they are not used or stored properly. If cups are stacked upside down, or lids are stacked in a pile, the lip of the cup or lid...
Restaurant Turnover is on the Rise
About 15 million people work in the restaurant industry in the United States (that's 10% of the entire US Workforce!) which makes the industry the second largest employer in the country behind the federal government. But turnover in the restaurant business has become...
Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Restaurant Industry
More than three million food service employees and over one million guests are injured annually as a result of slips, trips, and falls in America’s restaurants. According to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), the hospitality industry spends over $2 billion...
When Restaurants Fail, Countless People are at Risk
More than 30 million Americans go to restaurants each day. Make no mistake about it, restaurants are an American institution like no other and impact us all – in ways that no other industry can. Restaurants move us. And that's why when they move outside of the...
Flashback Friday Howard Cannon on Anderson Cooper Live
Flashback Friday {Howard on Anderson Cooper Live} Welcome to Flashback Friday at Restaurant Expert Witness. Today we are throwing it back to 2012 when Howard was a guest on Anderson Cooper Live. Whether you missed the appearance the first time around or you are...