Workers' comp class code · Food & Hospitality
Class code 9079 — Restaurant — Full Service
Food preparation and table service including cooks, servers, and dishwashers.
This classification covers full-service restaurants where guests are seated and served at a table, from casual neighborhood spots to upscale dining rooms. It picks up the kitchen line, the dining room, and the support functions that keep a sit-down restaurant running through a service.
Payroll typically includes cooks and prep staff, servers, bussers, hosts, bartenders working within the restaurant, dishwashers, and kitchen managers. Owners and managers who spend meaningful time on the floor or in the kitchen are usually included as well, subject to state rules on executive payroll.
Injury patterns here center on the physical demands of a fast-paced kitchen and dining floor: knife cuts, burns from stoves, fryers, and hot serving dishes, slips on wet or greasy floors, and strains from lifting stockpots or carrying loaded trays. Most claims are moderate in severity but frequent, which is why kitchen safety habits and non-slip flooring make a real difference in loss experience.
What code 9079 typically includes
- Line cooks, prep cooks, and kitchen managers
- Servers, bussers, hosts, and food runners
- Dishwashers and general kitchen cleanup staff
- Bartenders serving within the dining area
- Working owners and managers on the floor or in the kitchen
Codes this one gets confused with
9082 — Restaurant — Fast Food
Fast food operations have a simpler, counter-service model with less table service exposure and different equipment mix.
See code 90829052 — Hotel — Restaurant Employees
A restaurant located inside a hotel is typically coded separately from a freestanding full-service restaurant.
See code 90529074 — Bar or Tavern
Establishments focused primarily on alcohol service with minimal food fall under the bar classification instead.
See code 9074What this code means for your premium
Full-service restaurant work carries a moderate workers' comp rate driven by frequent but generally lower-severity kitchen and floor injuries rather than catastrophic exposure.
Estimate your premiumClassification is not final until a carrier assigns it. Code numbers, wording and exceptions vary by state and rating bureau — several states run their own bureaus. This page is general reference written in our own words; your carrier's underwriter assigns the code based on your actual operations and payroll records.
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