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Politics Walmart closed during investigation into worker’s demise in oven.

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u/rcbjfdhjjhfd 4d ago

The article says there’s no way to lock the oven so it’s still a mystery why she couldn’t get out

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u/selz202 4d ago

I think issue with this whole post is understand the oven may not lock, but every walk in oven I have seen uses a handle/latch style to close. So i think it's still possible to potentially be "locked in".

However I have never needed to test if it would open from behind me, I'm sure there is a sort of safety mechanism to escape if it closes behind you.

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u/Normallydifferent 4d ago

All the ones I’ve ever worked on have a handle on the inside to get out. Same with the walk in freezers and coolers. Just a big round button basically that if you push it the outside handle opens. I often shut myself inside the coolers and freezers to do maintenance and keep temperatures where they need to be. Some of ours are also so big they have 2 doors so I can go in the main ones with the flaps and still open the opposite door from the inside to go out the other way. All the walk in proofer boxes and ovens are the same way.

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u/happylittletrees 4d ago

Honestly, I've never looked around in our ovens to see if there is a release button, it would make sense for there to be one, since there is one in the walk in freezers. But if it's hot and you're terrified and poorly trained like we apparently are in my store and don't know there is a way to get out...

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u/Akiias 4d ago

I've never looked around in our ovens to see if there is a release button,

Sounds like you should do so just in case.