Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 42
1 higher than normal in temperature throughout the store?
2 The grill area is a hotter area than other areas in the
3 store?
4 A. Slightly hotter, although the air conditioning unit,
5 which is called a HVAC (heating ventilation air
6 conditioning). So if the temperature inside the building
7 is hot, it will cool it down; if the temperature inside the
8 building is cold, it will heat it up to a standard
9 temperature.
10
11 Q. But if people are standing around grills that are
12 370 degrees, then that environment is going to be fairly
13 above the ambient temperature, but it is going to be fairly
14 substantially above it, normally?
15 A. I would not say fairly substantially, because you have
16 got two vents immediately above the grill area which would
17 cool it down, although it would be warmer than elsewhere in
18 the restaurant.
19
20 Q. This may be an obvious question to you, but if you have a
21 grill at 370 degrees, if that is the grill there and my
22 hands are there, can you feel the temperature coming off
23 the grill?
24 A. Yes, I would say.
25
26 Q. You said, I believe -- I think it was you -- the grill area
27 is part of the kitchen area, is it?
28 A. That is right.
29
30 Q. Yes -- you said there is not much room for running and
31 sliding in there, in the kitchen area; is that correct?
32 A. Not when it is in operation, no.
33
34 Q. Is that because there is just not the space to do it?
35 A. And also there are people around. The actual walkways
36 are not that wide; and, generally, also, if you are working
37 in a kitchen, you are stationary. Also in the kitchen we
38 have got -- we had at that time -- non-slip tiling
39 throughout the kitchen.
40
41 Q. There is no such thing as non-slip tiling, is there?
42 A. Well, there is tiling that prevents or helps to prevent
43 slippage; and I have always referred to it as non-slip
44 tiling. So, yes, I suppose you could say there is such a
45 thing as non-slip tiling.
46
47 Q. But you did have slippage accidents, did you not, including
48 the grill area -- or did you?
49 A. We occasionally had slipping accidents, yes.
50
51 Q. In the grill area?
52 A. I cannot recall one specifically in the grill area,
53 although it may be the case, yes.
54
55 Q. When you say cannot recall one specifically, you cannot
56 recall that there were any slippage accidents in the grill
57 area? It may have occurred, but you just cannot recall
58 that?
59 A. I cannot recall a specific incident. All I am saying
60 is, yes, it could, in theory, occur.
