Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after employee trapped in freezer

Employee, who was stuck in walk-in freezer for more than two hours, was treated in hospital for hypothermia

Pret a Manger has been fined £800,000 after an employee was trapped in one of its freezers for more than two hours, where she tried to use croissant boxes to stave off hypothermia.

The employee was wearing jeans and T-shirt when she was stuck in a walk-in freezer, which typicallyhad its temperature set at -18C, in July 2021, Westminster magistrates court was told.

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