Workers’ Compensation for Restaurant Employees
All businesses in the United States are required to have workers’ compensation insurance without exception. Restaurants are dangerous places to work. Long hours on your feet and fast-paced and distracted work environment are a recipe for disaster. Whether you are cooking, waiting tables, bartending, or even managing, you are exposed to daily to risks like:
- Slips, trips, and falls. Between grease spills and wet floors, it is incredibly easy to lose your footing anywhere in the restaurant. Even rubber mats, designed to increase traction and protect your feet, become a tripping hazard when improperly placed.
- Burns. Burns are a commonplace occurrence in a kitchen. However, the machismo that sometimes prevents cooks from seeking medical treatment can be catastrophic. Burns are serious injuries, and can lead to systemic infection if not cared for properly.
- Cuts and lacerations. Knives are everywhere in a kitchen. Even when they are properly sharpened and maintained, accidents happen. Cuts in a restaurant are a particular problem; preparing and serving with in open wound is dangerous to the customer.
- Repetitive stress injuries. Those who have been in the industry a long time may suffer from foot, knee, and back pain. Repetitive stress disorders are common among older staff. Years of carrying heavy loads, pouring liquor the same way, and running for hours at a clip take their toll.
Proving causal relationships between your injuries and your job can be difficult. It pays to have a skilled workers compensation attorney on your side. If you have been injured on the job, the skilled Delaware workers’ compensation lawyers at Silverman, McDonald & Friedman can help get you the compensation you deserve. Please contact us to make a free appointment at our offices in Wilmington, Newark or Seaford. If you’re too ill or injured to come to us, we can come to you. Let us help you protect your rights and your future.
Attorney Jeffrey S. Friedman joined Silverman, McDonald & Friedman in 2001. He graduated from Widener University School of Law, and is admitted to practice law in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and in several Federal Circuit courts. He areas of concentration include auto accident and workers’ compensation cases. Read more about Attorney Friedman here.