Jack in the Box: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 23, 2008: Employee's hand and arm are burned by hot grease

On the morning of November 23, 2008, Employee #1, a fryer who had worked at a Ja ck in the Box fast food establishment since March 7, 2008, was cleaning the area surrounding the fryer trays, to remove fried taco residue. Employee #1's hand i nadvertently slipped into hot grease, and her right hand and arm were burned. Em ployee #1 was taken to Community Hospital, where she was stabilized. She was the n transferred to Sherman Oaks Hospital, where she was hospitalized for two-third s of the day. During the investigation, it was determined that Employee #1's wor k hours varied and that her supervisor, who directed her, was not present at the time of the accident.

Incident on Feb 16, 2006: Employee is burned by hot grease

On February 6, 2006, Employee #1 was cleaning the fryer filters on a Fry master, Model Number FMH25o Series AZ, Serial Number 9601IF0106, that were positioned a bove the hot fryer cooker machine. After Employee #1 finished cleaning each filt er, he began positioning each filter above the hot fryer cooker. Employee #1 pla ced is his left foot on a rung of a ladder, and his right foot was positioned on the shelf of the fryer, when he slipped and fell into the uncovered cooking pot containing approximately 360 degree of hot cooking grease. Employee #1 received third degree burns to the right foot. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Incident on Aug 10, 2000: Employee injures hip in same-level fall on wet tiles

At approximately 3:05 p.m. on August 10, 2000, Employee #1, a general production worker for the Jack-in-the-Box restaurant in Pleasanton, CA, was in the guest a rea when she slipped and fell on the wet tile floor. She sustained injuries to h er left hip and was taken by private car to Valleycare Medical Center in Pleasan ton, where she was hospitalized for approximately five days.

Incident on Jul 30, 1998: Employee burned by hot oil

At approximately 1:30 a.m. on July 30, 1998, Employee #1 was cleaning the stainl ess-steel counter near the deep fat fryers, located in the kitchen of a Jack in the Box restaurant. The employee's right hand somehow came into contact with the hot oil in one of the four recessed fryers. Fire Department Paramedics transpor ted Employee #1 to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment. She was then refer red to the Sherman Oaks Hospital-Grossman Burn Center for special treatment for a serious burn to her right hand and fingers.

Incident on Mar 19, 1998: Employee's foot burned by hot grease

At approximately 9:40 p.m. on March 13, 1998, Employee #1 was working as a cashi er at the front counter of a Jack-in-the Box, a position she had held for three months. She was helping a customer who had just ordered an orange juice. Employe e #1 saw that there was no juice in the front coolers, so she went to retrieve s ome juice from the cooler in the back. As she walked past the fryer station, a c oworker carrying some hash browns to the fryer bumped into her and knocked her i nto the grease cart, which was adjacent to the fryer station in preparation for a change of shortening. Hot grease splashed onto Employee #1's foot, burning it.

Incident on May 1, 1991: Employee's eye burned when splashed by hot cooking oil

At approximately 2:10 p.m. on May 1, 1991, Employee #1, age 18, was directed to prepare french fries using a deep fryer. She placed a standard portion of frozen french fries into the basket and inserted the basket into the hot oil. The grea se spattered, burning her right eye. No eye protection was worn or available.