Evans Hotels LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 2, 2021: Employee sustains burns when struck by pot of hot liquid

At 10:15 p.m. on October 2, 2021, an employee working as a Line Cook for a hotel restaurant kitchen was peforming her routine duties preparing food orders. At the end of her shift she was cleaning her work station and putting her cooking tools away. A coworker walked by carrying a pot of hot liquid near the employee and lost control of the pot. The pot fell to the ground and splashed the employee. The employee sustained burns and was hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 24, 2018: Employee is struck by rolling car and incurs rib fractures a

At 3:30 p.m. on December 24, 2018, Employee #1, a doorman for the hotel, was assisting the valet to keep cars moving away from the entrance of the hotel to the parking structure. He moved one car and parked it against the curb at the entrance to the parking structure, approximately 70 feet away. As the employee exited the car and turned away to return to the hotel entrance, the car started to roll away from the location where he had parked the car. Employee #1 approached the rolling car and placed his hands on the car in an attempt to slow the car or stop it. The car was rolling towards the median in the center of the entrance, about 25 feet away from where the vehicle was parked. As the employee stepped up on the median, he slipped on the grass and was knocked down and struck by the car. Employee #1 sustained broken ribs and bruises, and was hospitalized for two days.

Incident on Apr 21, 2010: Employee is burned when splashed with hot oil

At approximately 11: 30 a.m. on April 21, 2010, Employee #1, a lead mechanic of Evans Hotels was performing maintenance on a commercial Ellis 1200 flat-iron in the employer's laundry facility. As he was performing his duties, hot oil splas hed onto his neck and arms. A flat-iron is designed to dry and press sheets, tow els and pillow cases. The items of laundry are laid out on a flat traveling conv eyor and travel through the machine at temperatures of 425 degrees. At the time of the injury, he was bringing the iron back into service and bleeding air out o f the lines where heated oil circulates. The heated oil and air mixture was bein g expelled and collected in a 5-gallon container, and when oil and air splashed back into Employee #1's face and arms, he sustained 2nd degree burns to the side of his neck and arms. Evans Hotels operates two major hotels in San Diego, The Catamaran and the Bahia. The laundry facility is a remote facility and not locat ed at the actual hotel facilities which are in Mission Valley. The employer rep orted the injury at 3:25 p.m. on the same date of the accident and they were wit hin the time allowed under 342(a). Employee #1 was treated at UCSD Burn Center and was in the hospital for five days.