by Howard Cannon | Sep 15, 2026 | Hot Coffee Burns, Restaurant OSHA
Drive-thru coffee burns can cause serious injuries. Hot coffee or tea may spill during preparation, handling, or the customer handoff. However, the real question isn’t really about temperature. The bigger question is often simple: Why did the beverage spill?...
by Howard Cannon | Sep 11, 2026 | Consulting & Coaching, Expert Witness Services, Food Safety, Restaurant OSHA
Restaurant management safety requires more than sitting behind a desk. A manager can have knowledge, experience, passion, and compassion. However, those qualities mean little if they never reach the front lines. Restaurant and bar operations happen on the floor. That...
by Howard Cannon | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
OSHA Competent Person: What It Means for Restaurants — and Why It Decides Most Lawsuits Most restaurant OSHA and premises liability cases don’t turn on which specific code got violated. They turn on one recurring finding: no one on shift was actually functioning...
by Howard Cannon | Aug 26, 2026 | Alcohol Liability/DRAM Shop
16 Signs of Visible Intoxication Every Bartender and Server Should Recognize Someone dies in an alcohol-impaired driving crash in the United States every 44 minutes, according to NHTSA. That doesn’t count the bar fights, sexual assaults, and slip and falls that...
by Howard Cannon | Aug 26, 2026 | Hot Coffee Burns
6 Industry Standards That Prevent Hot Coffee Burns in the Drive-Thru A drive-thru coffee burn is one of the most common — and most preventable — causes of restaurant injury claims today. Food service ranks as the industry with the highest number of burn injuries of...
