by Howard Cannon | Dec 30, 2024 | Restaurant OSHA
In an effort to achieve its goal, OSHA sets and enforces uniform regulations and standards that apply to all workplaces. As defined in OSHA, 1910(f): “‘Standard’ means a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means,...
by Howard Cannon | Dec 27, 2024 | Restaurant OSHA
OSHA speaks a great deal for the safety of the general public, customers and all others who enter the working premises. Restaurants offer a unique set of circumstances referred to as “shared space” or “common areas.” Therefore, OSHA compliance impacts everyone...
by Howard Cannon | Dec 23, 2024 | Restaurant OSHA
Measures that are reasonable and customary throughout the restaurant industry in an effort to prevent and, at the very least, minimize burns and scalds include, but are not limited to, the following: Establish written safety and best practices, policies and...
by Howard Cannon | Dec 20, 2024 | Hot Coffee Burns
Injuries from spills of hot coffee or tea are known as ‘scald injuries.’ Webster’s Dictionary defines scald as “to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam.” “Burns are classified as first-, second-, or third-degree, depending on how deep and severely they...
by Howard Cannon | Dec 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
While there are some hot coffee and/or hot tea spills that happen in the dining area of restaurants, they most commonly occur in fast-food and in various kinds of drive-thru lanes. Many of these injuries are devastating and life-altering. Here are but a handful of...
