At Exeter Magistrates' Court pub chain JD Wotherspoon was fined £27K plus £6,323 in costs after pleading guilty to 3 charges in respect of a burns accident at the Chevalier pub in Exeter.
A worker sustained burns when steam and water issued from a decarboniser he had opened in the kitchen. He was wearing gloves but neither goggles nor a full-length apron, and had not received training for work with the decarboniser. 7th April 2011
@orangestoneface well, I hadn't heart of something like this, but we are manufacturing this machine since 1999 and have never had a problem like this. Like all the machines, it is supposed people have to use it with common sense...
Pub fined over decarboniser burns
At Exeter Magistrates' Court pub chain JD Wotherspoon was fined £27K plus £6,323 in costs after pleading guilty to 3 charges in respect of a burns accident at the Chevalier pub in Exeter.
A worker sustained burns when steam and water issued from a decarboniser he had opened in the kitchen. He was wearing gloves but neither goggles nor a full-length apron, and had not received training for work with the decarboniser. 7th April 2011
orangestoneface 10 months ago
@orangestoneface well, I hadn't heart of something like this, but we are manufacturing this machine since 1999 and have never had a problem like this. Like all the machines, it is supposed people have to use it with common sense...
frucosol 10 months ago