It may not have to meet the restaurant standards, but if an employee gets injured as a result of another employee's carelessness during work hours, then yes the

It may not have to meet the restaurant standards, but if an employee gets injured as a result of another employee's carelessness during work hours, then yes the company is liable. So if some chucklefuck puts raw chicken on the break room counter, doesn't wipe down the counter after, and that causes another employee to get salmonella, the company is absolutely liable.