Welcome to The Safety Shift

If you've ever sat through a traditional restaurant "safety meeting," you know how it usually goes:
- Someone reads from a binder.
- Half the staff zones out.
- Nobody remembers a thing by the next shift.
Let’s change that.
What The Safety Shift Is All About
This blog is here to help you shift your thinking about restaurant employee safety.
- Not with boring lectures.
- Not with corporate lingo.
- But with real talk, useful tips, and stories you’ll actually remember.
Each post is short, to the point, and packed with something practical you can use right away—whether you’re a new hire, a shift leader, or a multi-unit manager juggling it all.
Why It Matters
Restaurants move fast. That’s why we created REST—to make safety training:
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Easy to access
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Quick to complete
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Actually effective
The Safety Shift is the next step. It's our way of keeping safety top of mind between trainings—and making sure no one on your team ever hears the words “I didn’t know” after an accident.
What You’ll Find Here
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Tips to prevent common injuries
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Real-world stories from behind the line
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Quick checklists and reminders
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Answers to questions we hear from both owners and crew members
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And yes... the occasional “yep, that actually happened” moment
Safety isn’t about paranoia. It’s about confidence. When your crew knows what to do, they feel better, work better, and keep each other safe.
Welcome to The Safety Shift — we’re so glad you’re here.
Think Safe. Work Safe. Be Safe.
— The REST Team
Train Your Whole Team for Less Than the Cost of Lunch.
You don’t need a subscription to protect your people.
Get $260 worth of restaurant safety training — all 13 short OSHA-aligned modules, with quizzes, certificates, and lifetime access — for just $25 per employee.
Want to train your entire team for just $5 each?
Ask your insurance provider about our REST partner discount!
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