Pret a Manger was fined $1 million after an employee was trapped in a freezer for more than 2 hours and thought she was going to die

• A Pret a Manger worker was stuck in a freezer at a London store for over two hours in just jeans and a t-shirt.
• The worker was "in a state of distress and believing she was going to die," Westminster City Council said.
• She was treated for suspected hypothermia. The British coffee chain was fined $1 million on Tuesday.

British coffee shop chain Pret a Manger was fined £800,000 (just over $1 million) after an employee was trapped in a freezer for more than two hours at one of its London stores and was later treated for suspected hypothermia.