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Logan beer place shut after water heater used for hand washing breaks; getting water from coffee urns not acceptable, city says
By adamg on Fri, 07/13/2018 - 6:59pm
A Boston health inspector this week shut a Boston Beer Works outlet in Logan Airport's Terminal C after a water heater there broke, leaving workers without a proper way to wash their hands.
According to the inspector's report, a manager set up coffee urns to make the hot water workers would need for hand washing.
That was a no-no, the inspector wrote, adding a manager should have shut the place immediately after losing the hot water. Also, managers should have immediately alerted health inspectors - who found out about the problem through some other means.
And once the hot water is flowing again:
Sink in kitchen blocked by boxes and bags / Remove and ensure hand sinks are kept accessible at all times for proper hand washing. Temporary hand wash set up is also blocked by boxes and not accessible / Ensure all hand wash stations are kept free and clear.
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Pretty Basic Stuff
Coffee urns sound like a recipe for burns - I don't think they hold the right temp.
Sounds like one of the
Sounds like one of the employees snitched. Time off from work.
Hourly Paid
Low wage hourly employees don't benefit when they loose shifts they were planning to work. They don't get paid while they wait for the heater to be fixed.
Why does City have
Why does City have jurisdiction over a state run facility?
Does the City have the same jurisdiction over Seaport restaurants?
Because and yes
It's only in policing that the city was forced to cede control to the state on Massport land. In terms of licensing and public health, the city still has oversight (Logan does have an unusual "umbrella" liquor license in which it gets just one master license, which it can then use for as many restaurants as it wants, but even then, the city licensing board still had to approve all of the places first).
The city has cited the BCEC
The city has cited the BCEC (run by the state convention center authority) as well:
https://www.universalhub.com/2018/public-safety-collides-public-safety-c...
ISD , if you're listening, check out the Garden
TD Garden bathrooms frequently have no hot water. The food service employees use the bathrooms without hot water. This has been going on since it opened.
One more reason
Communities have home rule, and that includes sanitary inspection.
Logan Armpit is a state-owned facility. The individual restaurants are not state-owned - the are lessees in charge of their own operations. The city inspects the restaurant.
State DPH inspects things like county jails and state-owned and operated facilities.
Agreed.
Somerville has local business public health self checks. The # of times I've served dinners on cold-water washed plates might surprise you. But then again, maybe not.