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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 4287461" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/culture-of-fear-grips-ups-workers-say-injuries-underreported" target="_blank"><strong>‘Culture of Fear’ Grips UPS; Workers Say Injuries Underreported - Bloomberg Environment</strong></a></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Retaliation alleged against those who do complain</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Company staunchly defends its safety policies</li> </ul><p>After a worker fell from a loading dock and broke his hip, pelvis, wrist, and elbow last December at a United Parcel Service branch in Manchester, N.H., company managers placed the injured employee on a package cart and rolled him to the parking lot where he was then taken to a hospital, according to a government report.</p><p></p><p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, contacted by UPS a day after the accident, <a href="http://src.bna.com/MRa" target="_blank">alleged</a> in a review of the incident UPS failed to maintain a safe workplace, and criticized the company in a narrative of the accident for “<a href="https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.violation_detail?id=1364697.015&citation_id=01001" target="_blank">failing to call emergency services</a>.” The report went on to state that moving the worker, who had “visibly broken bones,” endangered his life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 4287461, member: 1"] [URL='https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/culture-of-fear-grips-ups-workers-say-injuries-underreported'][B]‘Culture of Fear’ Grips UPS; Workers Say Injuries Underreported - Bloomberg Environment[/B][/URL] [LIST] [*]Retaliation alleged against those who do complain [*]Company staunchly defends its safety policies [/LIST] After a worker fell from a loading dock and broke his hip, pelvis, wrist, and elbow last December at a United Parcel Service branch in Manchester, N.H., company managers placed the injured employee on a package cart and rolled him to the parking lot where he was then taken to a hospital, according to a government report. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, contacted by UPS a day after the accident, [URL='http://src.bna.com/MRa']alleged[/URL] in a review of the incident UPS failed to maintain a safe workplace, and criticized the company in a narrative of the accident for “[URL='https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.violation_detail?id=1364697.015&citation_id=01001']failing to call emergency services[/URL].” The report went on to state that moving the worker, who had “visibly broken bones,” endangered his life. [/QUOTE]
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