“It was only by pure chance that nobody was at the post when the wheel collapsed and it fell forward'
Nick Troy told how the front wheel on a 180kg industrial fridge snapped after a shelf collapsed and tumbled from a wall at the 13th Note in King Street.
He said: “This is a huge piece of equipment which is situated in an area where people regularly work and“It was only by pure chance that nobody was at the post when the wheel collapsed and it fell forward. If someone had been at the work station, their legs would have been crushed. It was only good fortune that nobody was seriously injured.
The incident comes after a recent protest inside and outside the venue by fellow hospitality workers in support of the 13th Note staff. “The shelf is 57 inches up on the wall, so not above head height. It has been secured, and the fridge is also now secure. These were not inherent problems that I have ignored, but faults that occurred that day and repairs actioned immediately.
A Unite Hospitality spokesperson said:"Today our members in the 13th Note kitchen were forced to invoke section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, allowing them to withdraw their labour in the face of serious and immediate threats to their safety and well-being.
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