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As the market for ethnic-inspired foods and farm-to-table mealscontinues to grow, many restaurant operators are experimentingwith locally sourced products, plant-forward cuisine, andsustainable seafood. But in adapting to meet evolving consumertastes, restaurants may find it difficult to stay on top of theirevolving risks.

According to Marsh's 2017 Restaurant Loss Cost TrendsReport, nearly one-quarter (24%) of all restaurant workers' compensation claims in 2016 were fromcuts, punctures and scrapes. That made them the most frequentsource of injury, and represented a substantial increase from 2012,when cuts, punctures and scrapes represented 15% of all workers'compensation claims.

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