Slips – Restaurants and Kitchens

Restaurants and commercial kitchens can be extremely busy places – 1.7 million people in the UK eat out in restaurants every single week, ranging from fine dining to a chicken nuggets and everything in between. With so many of us choosing to eat out and so many staff employed to look after us it is almost inevitable that accidents will happen, although sadly the vast majority could and should be avoidable.

While we at Russell Worth solicitors cover all kitchen and restaurant accidents, amongst the most common we see are slips and trips suffered by both customers and employees alike.

These are often caused by:-

Spilled drinks and other liquids that aren’t cleaned up either quickly enough or properly.

Dropped foodstuffs.

Bags or coats that are left lying around.

Poor lighting.

Discarded waste in staff areas.

Leaking fridges or other equipment.

With proper systems of inspection, proper training and proper cleaning regimes these accidents are all too preventable. The all too familiar excuses of “the restaurant was busy” or “we didn’t have time to clean up” aren’t good enough when it comes to the welfare of patrons and staff members. If a restaurant or kitchen cannot keep on top of simple, good practice health and safety procedures then it needs to review it’s systems immediately and rectify them.

If you or someone you know has suffered a slip or a fall in a restaurant or commercial kitchen contact Russell Worth solicitors today to see if we can help get the compensation you deserve on a no win no fee basis.  

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