{"id":29163,"date":"2014-11-24T18:22:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=29163"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:24:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:24:53","slug":"apwu-demands-info-on-emergency-procedures-911-call-delayed-up-to-50-minutes-employee-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/apwu-demands-info-on-emergency-procedures-911-call-delayed-up-to-50-minutes-employee-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"APWU Demands Info on Emergency Procedures: 911 Call Delayed Up to 50 Minutes; Employee Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Web News Article #: 217-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

11\/24\/2014 – Director of Industrial Relations Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has asked the Postal Service to explain its protocols for providing emergency medical assistance<\/strong><\/a> after learning that a Bay Area postal employee lay dying for as much as 50 minutes before 911 was called. The incident, which occurred in August, came to light in November, when the local NBC television affiliate aired a detailed expose of situation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SamMacasieb\"

Oakland, CA. – Macasieb at a United Postal Service processing and distribution center.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cNo one saw how Macasieb, 59, was injured but coworkers later said they found him lying on his back, barely conscious, with blood coming from his mouth and ears,\u201d the station reported. \u201cApparent head trauma left him incapacitated. According to an internal postal service report, employees didn\u2019t call 911 right away. They proceeded to contact several supervisors and managers who then alerted the onsite postal police department, who finally contacted 911. Details in the report show that up to 53 minutes elapsed from the time Macasieb was found to when emergency medical personnel were contacted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the USPS, this chain of events wasn\u2019t a mistake. It was a policy,\u201d the television report noted. \u201cEmployees are routinely instructed not to call 911, but to alert a supervisor first.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Postal Service\u2019s written policy says, \u201cOnly the Postal Police are to initiate the 911 procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samuel Macasieb later died, but the APWU was not notified of the death.<\/p>\n

via APWU Demands Info on Emergency Procedures | APWU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Web News Article #: 217-2014 11\/24\/2014 – Director of Industrial Relations Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has asked the Postal Service to explain its protocols for providing emergency medical assistance after learning that a Bay Area postal employee lay dying for as much as 50 minutes before 911 was called. The incident, which occurred in August,…<\/p>\n

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