Burger King: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 16, 2002: Employee injured when burned by hot cooking oil

Employee #1, a restaurant employee, was carrying a large pot of hot cooking oil in a Miroil pot with a locking lid. He was walking west toward back door to dump the oil into a tank as part of the filtering process. The employee suffered sec ond and third degree burns to his chin, neck and chest and was hospitalized. He was wearing protective gloves but was not wearing a protective face shield or an apron.

Incident on Nov 4, 1998: Employee's finger amputated in drive unit of exhaust system

At approximately 12:00 noon on November 4, 1998, Employee #1 and a coworker, of Able Engineering Services, were sent to a Burger King restaurant to repair the b roken belt on the drive unit of the exhaust system. Employee #1 was using his fi ngers to test the tension of the belt when the drive suddenly started up. His ri ght hand became caught in the upper pinch points of the belt and pulley, amputat ing one of his fingers.

Incident on Apr 16, 1993: Electric shock - ground fault in popcorn machine

An employee at a fast food restaurant unboxed a new Gold Metal Products popcorn machine (Model No. 2660, Deluxe 60). He plugged it into an outlet. When he touch ed the popcorn cooking basket with his left hand, he received an electric shock. An electrical repair company inspected the popcorn machine and found a conducto r broken inside the popping pot.