Commercial kitchens are alive with bustling activity at any given time due to the fact that they have to prepare hundreds of meals a day, particularly if located in large cities such as New York, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. These kitchens hire dozens of well-trained and experienced individuals such as line cooks and decorated chefs who must work together to create amazing culinary creations that impress patrons enough to want to come back to the restaurant over and over.

Commercial kitchens, however, are filled with injurious risks that must be taken into account such as burn risks from hot stove tops, boiling or super-hot frying oil that is always on due to the need to fry different delicacies, hot steam from the foods that are cooking on the stove or in the ovens, making it a veritably dangerous place to be inside. Commercial kitchen workers therefore are provided with comprehensive training on how to navigate their environments as well as PPE or personal protective equipment meant to place a barrier between themselves and these burn injury elements.

In addition, employers in the country in general are required to provide their employees with a certain level of care as outlined by OSHA, a governmental work safety and health agency in a series of guidelines that covers just about every profession imaginable.

Legal Options After a Burn Injury in a Commercial Kitchen

If a commercial kitchen worker gets injured due to hot surfaces, foods, open flames and so on, it can be reasonably surmised that their employers breached their duty of care by carrying out a negligent act which then led to these workers getting injured, making it possible for injured commercial workers to apply for worker’s compensation and receive benefits meant to help them get treatment as well as partly reimbursed for their lost wages.

That said, workers’ compensation tends to be insufficient for such severe injuries due to the fact that burn injuries may require multiple skin grafts and long-term care, which may translate to astronomical medical bills as well as missing out on work for weeks or months and consequently, foregoing a large chunk of one’s income. To this end, it is important to work with an experienced commercial kitchen injury attorney who will take you through the steps of filing a claim in order to recover money damages in a fast and convenient way while respecting your rights and ensuring comprehensive compensation – read on to find out how we can help.

Trusted Legal Support for Burned Commercial Kitchen Workers

Are you looking for the best commercial kitchen worker injury lawyer? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced commercial kitchen worker burn injury attorneys as McCready Law have amassed experience spanning over 90 YEARS where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans from all walks of life get compensated after getting injured due to the negligent actions of individuals or large corporations.

What sets us apart from the competition as well as speaks to our success where we’ve recovered over $260 million for our clients is the fact that we’re not afraid to litigate given our experience and success with the same, as we understand that certain injuries may require many years of treatment and rehabilitation, and some clients may never be able to return to work due to significant disability, meaning that they require sufficient compensation to rebuild and reroute their lives.

Most law firms by contrast simply engage the insurance company in settlement negotiations which end in a paltry payout for the injured party. We handle all claims as attorneys and do not shunt the work over to inexperienced paralegals as is common in most law firms, and we have nationwide reach thanks to our vast and trusted network of referral attorneys and law firms in most states.

In addition, we run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español), and we take on all cases on contingency fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of the processing of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your behalf. If you got burned at a commercial kitchen and believe negligence had a role to play in it, please give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation – our intake team is standing by.

Burn Injury Risks in Commercial Kitchens – Causes and Consequences

Here are some of the most common burn injury risks in commercial kitchens:

Hot Oil Burns from Fryers

Industrial fryers are responsible for many burn injuries in commercial kitchens due to a number of reasons. For example, oil splatter may occur when food is immersed into hot oil, leading to splatter and resulting in burns. In addition, the improper filling of fryers can lead to oil overflow and said oil spilling onto the floor increasing the risk for slip and fall and consequently, burns.

Steam Burns from Cooking

Food is often cooked in pressurized equipment which emit high-pressure steam that tends to be much hotter than normal steam. Malfunctioning pressure cookers or workers handling these appliances without the necessary training or PPE may lead to explosive steam release or contact with said steam, causing painful burns.

Contact With Hot Surfaces

Commercial kitchens often feature stovetops, ovens, and grills, all of which are usually kept hot due to the number of dishes that must be made. Workers may however inadvertently touch these heated surfaces, and other workers who may leave utensils on said surfaces may cause their colleagues to get burned when they attempt to pick them up.

Best Commercial Burn Injury Lawyers – Call Us Today!

Liability for kitchen burn injuries usually falls on the employer as more often than not, it may be discovered that they did not provide their workers with proper training on how to handle high-temperature appliances, they may not have maintained kitchen equipment on a regular basis, or they did not enforce proper safety protocols to prevent injuries from steam, hot oil and hot surfaces.

However, third party liability may also be present in the form of equipment manufacturers designing and producing faulty fryers and ovens, or maintenance contractors fails to repair and maintain these large commercial equipment according to an industry-accepted standard.

If you were injured at a commercial kitchen, don’t wait, and don’t sign anything from your employer, the insurance company or their legal team; instead, give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation. Thanks for choosing us, and we look forward to helping you.