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Sleepy Employee Hurt Driving Home Denied Mass. Workers' Comp
East News • April 9, 2008
A construction worker on Boston's "Big Dig" highway project is not entitled to workers' compensation benefits for injuries he suffered after he fell asleep while driving home late from work, the ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| RE: Sleepy Employee | lastbat | Apr 14, 2008, 9:27 pm |
| Sleepy Employee | Cindy Beattie | Apr 14, 2008, 5:15 pm |
| Hotel | sue | Apr 10, 2008, 1:41 pm |
| RE: Shoddy Workmanship!!!!! | not a carpenter | Apr 9, 2008, 4:10 pm |
| Shoddy Workmanship!!!!! | Inferrior Carpenter | Apr 9, 2008, 2:10 pm |
| Truism #1. | Dread | Apr 9, 2008, 1:58 pm |
| A phone call would have fixed it. | lastbat | Apr 9, 2008, 10:20 am |
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Subject: Sleepy Employee
Did the company have a policy in place limiting the number of hours an employee is permitted to work in a 24 hour period? Did the employee receive training in how to deal with a situation where delays would take him beyond his normal shift.
Isn't that what health & safety policies and procedures are for? To define the safe practices acceptable by the company and to ensure that workers do not put themselves or others in danger due to poor judgement or ignorance. The fact that the worker may have exercised poor judgement does not absolve the company from responsibility.