A Peruvian franchise operator has been fined after two workers died while cleaning the kitchen at a McDonald’s (Sameer Al-DOUMY)
<p>Lima (AFP) – Peruvian authorities on Thursday fined the local owner of a McDonald’s franchise $250,000 for serious safety violations after two employees were electrocuted to death.</p><p>Two workers, an 18-year-old man and a woman, died on December 15 while cleaning the kitchen of a McDonald’s in Pueblo Libre, in the Lima province.</p><p>Police said the woman suffered an electric shock while handling one of the soda machines. Her coworker tried to help her but was also shocked in the process.</p><p>"We have found six very serious infractions, one of which was not communicating (the death) in a timely manner," said Juan Carlos Requejo, head of the National Superintendency of Labor Inspection (Sunafil).</p><p>In a statement, Sunafil announced it was fining the Arcos Dorados operations company up to 845,760 soles, approximately $250,000.</p><p>Among the other infractions found was a failure to provide safe working conditions, in terms of both the facilities and the equipment used, "specifically the soft drink dispensing machine."</p><p>The Sunafil report said the company already knew the soda machine was damaged but "took no action."</p><p>Arcos Dorados confirmed on December 21 that a faulty soda machine had caused the accident.</p><p></p>
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