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“We were forced to terminate Brent after we learned that he’d falsified a portion of his resume,” said Supervisor Margie Brunton. “Brent says the claim of resume falsification was a smokescreen for discrimination against him because of his military …
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Some of us might be surprised to learn that every day in the U.S., at least one worker suffers an injury while using an aerial lift. And these injuries can be deadly – about 26 U.S. employees die every year from an injury suffered while operating an …
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The scenario: A new female employee was trained by a male manager who frequently made sexualized, insensitive remarks to her and sometimes stared at her breasts. After she completed the training, however, the woman was no longer supervised by the …
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Incident summary: A man who often played fast and loose with safety was decapitated after he failed to lock out a hazardous machine before putting himself in harm’s way. What happened: An employee was operating a large piece of equipment that …
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Supervisor’s take-home: You have a legal responsibility to immediately discipline anyone who uses the N-word, even when the offensive term is spoken in a foreign language. What happened: A Black woman was upset when her manager ordered her to clean …
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Summary: A crew member laboring in extremely high temperatures began to exhibit the warning signs of heatstroke, but his supervisor thought he was high on drugs, so he told a coworker to call the police. The incident: When Gabriel Infante, a …
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