Aramark: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 27, 2009: Employee's leg is fractured when golf cart rolls over

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on November 27, 2009, Employee #1 was driving an ele ctric golf cart. The vehicle had no lighting, and the roadway was unlit. He lost control of the vehicle on a slight incline, and the vehicle rolled over, ejecti ng him. He was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

Incident on Aug 16, 2002: Employee's fingertip amputated when caught in microswitch

At 8:00 a.m. on August 16, 2002, Employee #1, a plant engineer at Aramark, was i n the maintenance shop, performing a routine calibrating procedure which require d using a 0.375 in. thick piece of high-density rubber as a gauge to calibrate t he gap between the upper seal bar and the bottom seal bar of a microswitch. Afte r he adjusted the microswitch, the upper seal bar did not swing back when it clo sed at the 0.375 in. clearance, so he had to adjust the air pressure to get the sealing bar to open at 3/8 in. Employee #1 was leaning over to read the pressure gauge, using his right hand to fine-tune the seal pressure regulator switch, wh en he accidentally stepped on the foot pedal. This activated the upper sealing a rm, crushing his right little finger and partially amputating the tip. Employee #1 failed to use an appropriate extension tool during the adjustment, which woul d have kept his hand a safe distance from the moving parts. At the time of the a ccident, Employee #1 had two years of experience with Aramark, a company that wa shed garments in soap and deionized water and dried them for the biotech, pharma ceutical, and semielectronics industries. He also had 10 years of experience in this industry with other companies. His work at Aramark included operating boile rs and water systems, and maintaining the entire facility and equipment, such as moving equipment, installing new equipment, painting, and general maintenance.