Best practice for delivery to cars
Holidays are inevitably busy for fast food restaurants especially "driving" holidays like Labor Day. When all things work according to...
Safe lifting in the fast food workplace
Ensuring your employees are trained on and implementing your safe lifting practices can prevent soft tissue injuries at your fast food...
Hiring Practices as Workers Compensation Risk Management Tool
Unfortunately, work place violence is being reported more and more by the media. Fast food hiring practices are often seen as a risk...
Best practice for delivery to cars
When all things work according to plan, a customer is able to obtain their fast food from the drive thru shortly after paying and pulling...
Are Fast Food Burn Injuries Preventable?
At IDP, in the past, we viewed the burn injuries as part and parcel of the workers’ compensation landscape for fast food restaurants. ...
Say Yes To Written Return-to-work Programs
Many fast food restaurants are hesitant to create written return-to-work and modified duty programs. Much of this, in my experience,...
Determining the Effectiveness of Your Shoe Program
Many fast food restaurants require slip resistant shoes as a part of their workers’ compensation slip and fall program. The goal of the...
How to Choose A Mat For Your Fast Food Kitchen
Mats are an essential component of any slip and fall prevention program Here are some key factors to consider when deciding on which...
Comprehensive Fast Food Workers' Compensation Safety Program
The fast food industry places a lot of emphasis on training workers as it regards containing workers compensation costs. However, in...
Safety Incentive Programs within New OSHA Rule Guidelines
In May 2016 OSHA updated its rule regarding employee injury reporting. The rule explicitly states: “You must establish a reasonable...
