McDonald's: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 21, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on December 21, 2020, an employee was employed as a crew member at the restaurant and the duties included general cleaning, stocking of products and materials, preparing food and assisting with interacting with the general public. The employee last worked on December 5, 2020, and on December 10, 2020, tested positive for COVID-19. The employee was required to quarantine, and the employer conducted contact tracing at the facility with the other employees. The employer determined that the employee's spouse, that worked at another fast food restaurant in the same complex, had tested positive for COVID-19 several days before the employee took the test. The employee died from complications from COVID-19 after being hospitalized.

Incident on Jul 4, 2015 (fatal): Employee dies from natural causes

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 4, 2015, Employee #1 was outside his place of employment and had not clocked in to work. A customer notified restaurant management that there was an employee outside that looked like he was sick. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he suffered a pontine hemorrhage and died from natural causes.

Incident on Apr 17, 2012: Employee injures eye with grill cleaning spray

On April 17, 2012, Employee #1 was cleaning the grill at McDonalds when she got Grill Cleaner in her left eye. Her eye was irrigated on site and an ambulance wa s called. It appears that Employee #1 was not wearing safety glasses when the ac cident occurred. The Grill Cleaner MSDS states it can cause eye irritation and t hat direct contact can cause irritation, tearing, redness and temporary blurred vision. Employee #1 was taken to Dameron Hospital where she received emergency t reatment, the eye was irrigated and she was provided with eye drops. Employee #1 was seen the next day for a follow-up at the Occupational Medical Clinic at Dam eron Hospital. Employee #1 was treated and released a few days later.

Incident on Mar 10, 2008: Employee's finger is crushed in bathroom stall door

At approximately 8:10 a.m. on March 10, 2008, Employee #1 was using a bathroom during her break at a McDonald's restaurant. Her left ring finger was crushed an d fractured when it was caught between the self-closing bathroom stall door and the stall frame. Subsequently, the bathroom stall door's self-closing mechanism was disengaged.

Incident on Jul 17, 2003: Employee sustains burns from gas ignition

On July 17, 2003, Employee #1 was preparing to power-wash the parking lot. The e mployee was filling up the gasoline tank of the power washer inside the kitchen, near a hot water heater with a pilot light. The employee spilled the gasoline a s he was pouring and it ignited. Employee #1 was burned on his arms and his chin and was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 19, 2002: Employee's chest burned when stuck by hot shortening

At 8:44 p.m. on June 19, 2002, Employee #1, a crew member who worked for McDonal d's store #15508, located in City of Industry, California, started filtering the shortening in the fish fillet fryer. The fryer involved in the accident was a F ry Master, Model Number BIMH314-2RCSD, Serial Number 9510MU0133. Employee #1 did not empty the fry pots of shortening first. Employee #1 was not wearing body pr otection. As he was tilting the heating element out of the fish fillet fry pot, it slipped off the hand tool and splashed back into the fry pot. The hot shorten ing struck Employee #1 in the chest. Employee #1 sustained second degree burns t o his chest and to his left hand. He was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 26, 1998: Four employees overcome by carbon dioxide when valve fails

On March 26, 1998, Employees #1 through #4 were in the vicinity of a 400 lb carb on dioxide cylinder when the burst disk failed. They attempted to shut off the v alve but were unsuccessful. Employee #1 lost consciousness and was rescued by tw o coworkers, who were wearing SCBA respirators but who did not have any air moni toring equipment. Employees #1 through #4 were taken to the hospital for observa tion and released within hours. The burst disk failed due to contact with Coca-C ola syrup, whose corrosive properties damaged its integrity and caused it to fai l at less than its standard 300 lb rating.

Incident on Jan 13, 1998: Employee suffers amputation of thumb

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on January 13, 1998, Employee #1 had opened the 4-ft- high by 2-ft-wide floor safe at the workplace to retrieve something. The door of the safe is very heavy and when Employee #1 closed the door, she had her thumb between the door and the body of the safe at the top of the door. Employee #1 su ffered amputation of her right thumb to the first joint when she closed the safe door. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Sep 28, 1994 (fatal): Employee killed during robbery

About 10:50 p.m., two robbers entered a McDonald's restaurant and held up the em ployees including Employee #1, who was trying to respond to their demands for ca sh. One of the robbers shot him in the head and killed him. He had not provoked the robbers. Apparently, Employee #1 knew who the robbers were and was killed fo r that reason. The robbery occurred during normal work hours; the restaurant doe s not close until 11:00 p.m.