Forest City, NC — The officials at a specialty burn center in Augusta, Georgia said that a set of twin brothers from Forest City, North Carolina were admitted to their facility last month after a serious explosion at a local KFC restaurant. They were identified as AJ and Ty Motley, 19 years old.
The Motley brothers were apparently working at a local KFC restaurant in Forest City on Thursday, July 16, 2015 when a pressure fryer suddenly exploded.
The large machine sent burning oil everywhere and severely burned the twins. They were rushed to a hospital, then transferred to the Augusta facility to be further treated.
It appears that Ty has substantially worse injuries than AJ, according to the news reports.
KFC has released the following statement, but have not actually explained what happened yet.
We have strict operating procedures to keep our employees safe and it is among our highest priorities.The employees who were injured are being treated and we are conducting an investigation to determine the cause of this accident.
Allegedly, a worker at the KFC store said there had been problems with that pressure cooker in the past.
Map of the KFC Restaurant
Commentary:
If any of you took a course in rhetoric (or even watched a political debate), then you know how corporate-speak apologies can often sound like polite ways of excusing bad behavior. I’m not trying to imply that KFC thinks the accident was the fault of these teens, but they sure don’t make any big effort to sound sorry for what happened.
Has anyone looked into the possibility that the explosion was caused by some faulty or defective equipment? I would seriously look into that, especially considering the allegations that the pressure cooker had issues in the past.
— Grossman Law Offices
