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Search results for "drinking on the job" ...
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KOMO TV: Under the Bridge
Our ongoing investigation “Under the Bridge” began with a tip about workers drinking on the job and ultimately uncovered a pattern of design flaws, construction mistakes and contract violations made in the building of the largest floating bridge in the world.
Tags: Bridge; design; construction; contract; flaw
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Court Officer Investigation
A four month Inside Edition hidden camera investigation exposed a culture among New York State Court Officers where drinking on the job was a regular occurrence and appeared to be acceptable conduct as it went unchecked for many years.
Tags: drinking on the job; Court officers; officer misconduct; court case; public intoxication; Court Administration;
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Code Blue, Code Red
An investigation by WMAQ-TV revealed that "repeat drunken driving offenders, domestic batterers, cocaine dealers, burglars, stalkers and other violent criminals" all work as Chicago police officers, firefighters and paramedics. "During a yearlong investigation, (WMAQ-TV) conducted background checks on eighteen thousand police officers, firefighters and paramedics. After obtaining internal employee lists for both departments, (WMAQ-TV) began checking individual records the only way possible -- by looking up each name individually. ... The unprecedented investigation uncovered 139 firefighters and paramedics with drunk driving arrests. ... (WMAQ-TV) uncovered 200 other firefighters with criminal records, from burglary to sexual assualt, who are still on the job. ... In the Police Department, (WMAQ-TV) found at least 100 officers on the job despite drunk driving arrests. Also uncovered, police officers drinking in front of superiors and officers drinking while on the job. ... One of the most startling discoveries: 80-percent of the cases involving a Chicago police officer arrested by another Chicago police officer for DUI, was simply thrown out of court."
Tags: Chicago; police; firefighters; drunk driving; criminal records; officers; DUI; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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Big Dig Drinking
"The Big Dig/Central Artery project is the largest construction project in the country. The federally funded project will cost taxpayers an estimated 14 billion dollars. More than four thousand workers are building bridges and tunnels that millions of commuters will travel on. We watched as Big Dig workers left job sites, walked into bars, and drank at lunch. Many of the construction workers didn't have anything to eat, and then went back to work and operated heavy equipment. We wondered about the quality of work being done if some of these people were 'working under the influence'. Some workers walked right past the Big Dig's main office to get to the bars. If we could see what was happening, why couldn't state officials? After our story aired, the Big Dig launched its own investigation and two workers were fired."
Tags: drinking on the job; construction; Massachusetts Department of Public Safety; Massachusetts Department of Public Health; includes tape and transcript
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Vet abuse
WBNS conducts an investigation into allegations against an Ohio veterinarian. Charges included beating and stealing animals and drinking on the job. Even more outrageous than the allegations themselves is that the state vet board had taken no action against the doctor.
Tags: TAPE Medicine
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No title (id: 9086)
WAGA-TV (Atlanta) looks into the operations of a Georgia drinking water plant that caused the largest outbreak of water-borne disease in the nation's history; uncovers unlicensed operators running the plant, an operator sleeping on the job and a cover-up to hide violations of federal water quality standards, November 1992.