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Weighing about the same as the average man, the world's largest burger has got to be a work- related accident in the making.
At a whopping 13 stone, this fully edible burger could prove more than a little painful if even just the salad dropped on your foot. Although it sounds quite funny thinking about it, having this land on your toes could lead to a serious work injury such as a severe bruising or even a broken bone which could have you out of work for weeks.
With a total cooking time of 23 hours, this ginormous burger could also lead to serious burns if not handled carefully with the right protective clothing. Cooking even a normal sized burger can be hazardous so cooking an 84kg one must be close to lethal. With the potential for burns from the oven, the burger itself and the fat that is released during cooking, employees need to be well equipped to deal with this beast of a burger without getting hurt.
In fact, when you consider the whole process of making the burger from start to finish, it is fraught with all kinds of different risks. From the arm strain likely to arise from the mixing and kneading of the bun dough to the burn risks associated with the cooking, the foot injuries from the risk of heavy ingredients falling and finally the risk of serious back injury from lifting the finished burger – the restaurant's risk assessment must be as big as the burger! If you then include the risk of slips and falls from the condiments squirting out of it when it's eaten, this Mc Massive burger could also hit the record books for the greatest amount of work accidents.
This is perhaps one of the reasons that we will not be seeing any Mc Massive burgers at the drive through – that and the logistical nightmare it would cause and the burger's £302 price tag. Although saying that, perhaps the money raised by selling the burgers could be spent on forklift trucks for transporting the burgers from the ovens to customers' plates.
If they were to go into full scale production, hopefully the restaurant will offer their staff suitable training for handling the mammoth-sized burgers. On a serious note, the restaurant does have a responsibility to ensure that their workers are not put at undue risks from producing the burgers. If they were to fail to provide employees with proper heat-protective clothing or proper training and perhaps heavy lifting equipment for manoeuvring the 13 stone burgers, then they could be liable for negligence.
Although it may get a few smirks in court, if an employee was injured by the burger and the restaurant were found to be negligent, they could make a compensation claim for their work-related injury or perhaps they could get an out-of-court settlement for a free burger instead.
