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PUB CHAIN HANDED FINE
Posted on 11/02/2008
P. Klein
A NATIONAL pub chain has been fined after a teenage employee who was instructed to top up a deep-fat fryer was scalded by hot oil.
Charnwood Borough Council successfully prosecuted Greene King for breaching health and safety legislation following the incident on January 27th last year at the Hope & Anchor pub in Wanlip Lane, Syston.
Loughborough Magistrates Court heard the 16-year-old girl suffered burns to her neck and chin caused by splashing oil after she was told to top up the fryer while it was still in use.
The Suffolk-based company admitted failing to provide adequate information, instruction and training as was necessary to ensure the health and safety of employees contrary to section 2(2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Loughborough Magistrates took into account Greene King’s guilty plea but fined the firm £3,000 and ordered them to pay £2,400 costs.
Liz Huband, Charnwood Borough Council’s Lead Environmental Health Officer (Health and Safety), said: “This case has highlighted the dangers of handling hot oil in any kitchen and the importance of making sure young people are supervised correctly at work.
“We are pleased with the outcome and, hopefully, it will prevent a similar incident taking place.”