Officials in Westminster, England, imposed a large fine on Pret a Manger in connection to a 2021 work safety incident involving a walk-in freezer. The fine amounted to $1 million.
recently received a large fine from a British local government in connection to a work safety incident involving a walk-in freezer.
The roughly $1 million fine stems from a July 2021 incident in which a female employee got trapped in a walk-in freezer and was unable to get out for a couple of hours, the Westminster City Councilgot hit with the large fine after entering a guilty plea. Prior to that, the Westminster City Council said its investigation found that "there was no suitable risk assessment for employees working in temperature-controlled environments.
Pret a Manger recently received a large fine from a British local government in connection to a work safety incident involving a walk-in freezer.COMMERCIAL RESTAURANTS ARE STARTING TO INTRODUCE SUBSCRIPTION MODELS TO ENSURE STEADY REVENUE In its press release, the Westminster City Council said the Pret employee’s entrapment in the walk-in freezer, which was "typically set to run at around -18 degrees," lasted more than two hours before another worker found her. The incident took place at a location in Victoria Coach Station.During her entrapment, the worker tried to rip apart a "cardboard box containing chocolate croissants to use as cover from the ventilation blowing out cold air," the local government said.
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