McDonald's Franchisee Penalized for Child Labor Safety Violation

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on Thursday penalties against a McDonald’s franchise in Morristown, Tennessee, after a 15-year-old employee suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer. While conducting a wage and hour investigation, OSHA discovered that Faris Enterprises of TN LLC, operator of the McDonald’s restaurant, illegally allowed the teenager to cook fries using a hot-oil deep fryer without an automatic basket to lower and raise contents. The teen was burned when attempting to manually remove fries from the device. The date of the inc...