Mia Peach

Review of The Kitchen at the Boston Publ...

I'm here to share my concern of an incident that h...

I'm here to share my concern of an incident that happened yesterday 9/29/2018. The place was still busy around 3:40 when a stall refrigerator fell on a female store associate. An associate from the stall next door was trying to squeezing through her way and tilted the fridge (~80in tall, 1 door, color silver). She noticed that the fridge was moving, by the time she turned around and attempted to grab it, fridge lost balance and fell on a young girl who was standing about 2-3 ft away, facing against it (towards customers). Girl got sandwiched between the tilted fridge and glass display of her stall for a few seconds before some guys from the store helped her out. She stood still, barely moved her shoulders or lips - she remained calm and kept quiet the whole time. Some 20 people witnessed it and instantly gathered around when a green-topped, short hair lady (looks like a supervisor) announced that she s going to call manager on-site . Manager came before she called and the short-hair lady assured everyone that this would be taken care of. Some people in the crowd suggested calling 911 and shared their concern about work place injury but the manager didn t seem to call anybody. In fact, two actions were observed in the next 20 minutes - fridge was lifted back up by two guys (there was a dent on the top of the fridge), and the girl was given an ice pack. The short-hair lady was with her for a few more minutes, the girl next door apologized to her. The manager (also a young lady) was contacted by two female witnesses afterwards, manager kept on nodding during the conversation. After they have left, manager did not call or get back to the girl in the accident. I understand that the girl needs to keep her job and didn t want to make a scene, but it is also important for a victim to be able to hold on to some witness in case more severe medical issues are identified later on. I don t care for the actions taken by the management because girl at least needs to be seen by medical professional, yet their attitude looked reassuring which got them out of the scene easily. I hope the girl is well supported by all means, that the management is dedicated to ensure workplace safety, and I will keep my comment here in case witness is needed at some point. Too scared at the moment that I forgot to take pics, but got time stamp from previous pics taken right before the incident.