Social Center / Reported by Zheng Yurong
▲A McDonald’s employee fainted while moving goods in the freezer and died after more than 4 months of treatment. (Schematic diagram / flipped from unsplash)
A man surnamed Li in Kaohsiung worked at McDonald’s on vacation. He suddenly passed out while moving goods to the freezer in May 2021. He died after being hospitalized for more than 4 months. His parents sued McDonald’s for more than 10.05 million yuan; McDonald’s is expected to compensate more than 4.72 million yuan, and the whole case can be appealed.
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According to the verdict, Li Nan’s parents said that their son was responsible for kitchen work, including purchasing, restocking and scheduling the freezer, and was responsible for making fried chicken nuggets, potato cakes, meatballs of fresh sautéed beef, beef patties, etc., and went to work only on Saturdays and Sundays. , go to work every day at 6 in the morning, the working time is 6 hours (not including rest time), and the monthly salary is 10,967 yuan. But on the morning of May 2021, my son suddenly passed out while sorting the goods with other colleagues in the 5th floor freezer. After more than 4 months of continuous care, there is still no recovery.
In addition to the death compensation of 40 months of average wages and funeral expenses of 5 months of average wages under the Labor Standards Law, Li Nan’s parents questioned whether the employer has instituted sufficient safety in the workplace according to the law , so they asked McDonald’s to pay the medical expenses and funeral expenses. Maintenance and maintenance expenses, etc., totaled more than 10.05 million yuan.
However, McDonald’s lawyers defended that Li’s death was due to a hemorrhage from the basal ganglia deep in the brain, which was spontaneous bleeding. It was not caused by an acute accident or a pressure load at short or long term, and it was not an accident at work Compensation can be said. And the workplace has set up sufficient safety measures in accordance with the law, and the shop manager and employees have tried their best to assist in medical treatment.
According to the sentence, according to the death certificate, Li Nan’s illness or injury that directly caused her death was “septic shock”. In addition, according to the doctor’s judgment, on the day of the onset of illness, Li Nan started sorting the goods in the store at 9:10, the overall operation time was 40 minutes and 46 seconds. cakes (about 134 kg), about 1.1 tons in total, were exposed to temperature differences between cold and hot a total of 48 times, and the total low-temperature exposure time was about 29 minutes 14 second.It is believed that Li Nan cakes disease is an occupational disease caused by overwork.
The Kaohsiung District Court held that the store had warm coats out of the freezer. Li Nan knew that she had worked in the freezer for a long time and had been exposed to temperature differences 48 times, but she did not put on warm clothes in due time. health risks should be prevented according to the law, rather than just providing equipment and formal reminders. Therefore, “the employer did not supervise the freezer work and should wear warm clothes” was the leading cause of death in this case, and “Li Nan did not wear warm clothing as required” was the leading cause of death. As for the secondary cause of death, the degree of negligence of the defendant and Li Nan was 7:3, and McDonald’s was ordered to pay Li Nan’s parents a total of more than 4.72 million yuan. The whole case can be appealed again.
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In response to this incident, McDonald’s Taiwan responded today (10), “McDonald’s regrets the occurrence of this incident and is currently deliberating on the content of the ruling.
