by The Creeping Spleen » Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:05 am
I can only speak about what I saw at the GLA1 warehouse in Gourock. There was an incident in late 2016 where an ambo was called because one of the young ladies who worked in the kitchens scalded herself quite badly.
But I did read of a case from the US, where a temp worker with diabetes and a heart condition had a heart attack in the middle of his shift.
It was ten minutes before someone thought to alert security to call for a first aider.
A further ten before the first aider decided it was beyond his capabilities and to call paramedics.
Fifteen minutes for the paramedics to arrive, and a further fifteen before they got sorted out with temporary ID and were escorted by security to the casualty.
Meanwhile, other workers in the area are all but stepping over the poor bugger in order to get stuff off the shelves and meet their targets.
Eventually the paramedics bundle him into the back of their wagon and take him to hospital, but he sadly dies en route.
There then followed a lengthy legal battle between the guy's widow and Amazon.
Amazon passing the buck by saying "He was temporary worker, employed by such-and-such recruitment agency, nothing to do with us."
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.