The incident happened at an Amazon warehouse in Colorado. Anger erupts among employees. Amazon assures that it acted to protect the privacy of the deceased
The incident so ignited the anger of employees that they denounced the incident as a fact that highlights Amazon’s difficulties in ensuring workplace safety. On the morning of December 27, a 61-year-old Rick Jacobsis died of a heart attack in the performance of its duties a camp in Colorado Springs, in the state of Colorado, just before the turning point. At this point, according to his colleagues, Those responsible would have cordoned off the area where the body was located with cardboard containers, a way to ship the goods to avoid the interruption of activities. Without telling anyone what happened. From what was explained by theAgencymakeshift barriers would be erected that no one approaches to protect the man’s privacy.
actually Amazon rejects the allegations of the employees. A spokesman, the Guardian reports, said HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws prevent disclosure of details of incidents of this type. The reference standard is the one that defines the requirements for processing protected private health information in the United States. There were no further comments on the procedures Amazon takes in such cases.
But according to the staff, this isn’t about privacy, it’s about respect for their employees, who would have unknowingly continued to work next to the body of the deceased. Those who arrived to take the shift after Rick Jacobs’s were not informed of what was happening. «When I found out what happened after I walked by, I felt very uncomfortablebecause there is a glaring lack of respect for human emotions in this establishment,” a colleague explained, explaining how the company should have offered a day off. “The day shift arrives at 7am or 7.30am and we were never notified until we got to the spot where the incident happened. No warnings before entering the building. No on-site consultants. Simply A flyer distributed days later informing us how to get psychological counseling» explained another. Still, a third employee said she saw police cars and fire engines when she got to work. Nobody explained the reason for the police presence to her: «I was immediately angry that everything works as usual while there is a dead person in the exit area. And I have to find out in the break room. He pissed me off the fact that they think our lives don’t matterthat they sweep me away to get a package.’
Jan 10, 2023 ( edit Jan 10, 2023 | 10:28am)
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