WARREN COUNTY HEALTH INSPECTIONS
The following are summaries of the state of Ohio standard inspection reports on file from the Warren County Combined Health District, from the weeks of Feb. 13 to Feb. 24. District information is available online at www. wcchd.com.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
550 E. Main St., Lebanon
Date of inspection: Feb. 14
Violations: The door of the walk-in cooler designated for raw chicken was dirty with an accumulation of raw chicken juices. To prevent the contamination of hands when entering and exiting the walk-in cooler, ensure that these surfaces are cleaned.
The floor tiles around the deep fryers and pressure cookers are damaged to the point where the equipment is unable to be moved out for regular cleaning. To ensure that the facility is able to be properly cleaned on a regular basis, repair the floor so equipment is able to be rolled out.
The floor of the kitchen, specifically around and behind the deep fryers and pressure cookers has numerous damaged and missing tiles that have made the floor unable to be properly cleaned with normal methods. Repair/replace the flooring with more tiles or some other surface that is smooth and easily cleanable.
Comments: Facility will be getting a new floor to replace the tiles that keep breaking. The manager is hopeful that the corporate office will approve of and begin the process in the fall of this year (2023).
Wendy’s
544 E. Main St., Lebanon
Date of inspection: Feb. 14
Violations: Food employees did not wash hands when required. Due to water service being cut off, employees did not have access to a functional hand-washing sink for five hours.
Damage to the plumbing severed the water supply to all fixtures.
Comments: Complaint: Operating with no running water.
Observation: VALID. Complaint investigated at 12 p.m. and facility did not have running water. According to the manager, work was being done on the water softener when something was damaged or cut, they then lost the ability to use water at 7 a.m. that morning. Facility kept operating for five hours without running water and without the ability to employees to wash their hands properly. An employee indicated that they did have water, but the manager clarified that the water was coming from a spigot on the exterior of the building. A store manager had said that she had called corporate to “get permission” to close, but had been unable to get in touch with anyone at corporate for the five hours that water was out. One of the managers placed another call to either the corporate office or district manager and was then able to speak to someone.
The store manager only closed the store and ended service after being discovered by the health department.
In speaking to the district manager over the phone, she claimed that one of the store managers told her that the water pressure was low, but did not say that there was no water. Despite the miscommunication, the store managers still operated for five hours knowing that they had no water and had employees serve food when they could not wash their hands or clean dishes properly. The repairman who was already on his way restored water around 12:30 p.m.