Restaurant Industry Safety

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Restaurants and other eating and drinking businesses employ 12.5 million people in the United States. About 30% of these employees are less than 20 years of age. There were 128 fatalities in the restaurant industry in 2021 and for every 100 employees there were 2.6 non-fatal injuries.

The United States has more of its youth in the workforce than any other developed country in the world. Young workers in the restaurant industry suffer a disproportionate share of injuries and fatalities, especially in the first year on the job. In 2017, 22 youths under 18 died from work-related injuries and another 27,070 were sickened or injured. The service industry ranks highest among US industries for injury in workers ages 16-19.

There is a clear need for employees working in restaurants to receive safety training to help ensure they can safely perform their work duties.

To help you develop and implement a safety program at your worksite, OSHAcademy offers courses and programs that are designed to equip employers and workers with the knowledge necessary to identify potential hazards and mitigate risk at your worksite.

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Programs to Consider

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Please note: Our training courses provide essential general knowledge awareness training about each topic, however an employer must provide training for the specific equipment, policies, and procedures in use at their work site(s).

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