Hot Oil, Lifting and 'Barista Wrist' Contribute to Restaurant Worker Injuries

Workers at barbecue restaurants are more likely to sustain lifting injuries than employees of other types of eateries, while cafe and coffee shop workers are susceptible to “barista wrist,” a malady resulting in 366 days of lost time on average. Those are some of the findings from a new Restaurant Risk Report from workers’ comp insurer AmTrust. The report is based on data from 84,006 claims from the company’s restaurant clients during the five years from 2013 to 2017. “Our data supports the increasingly accepted belief that the repetitive stress injury know...