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Mechanic reported being unknowingly exposed to a covid-19 positive employee and not being notified of the exposure by company management.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1749672 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
On day 1; I was working with person X to give him a pass-down from the day shift workload. We were in a 6 feet by 6 feet office for about 15 minutes. Later that evening; after my shift was done; person X went to the hospital and was positive for covid-19. I was never contacted by anyone from management or the cdc about being exposed to covid-19 positive person. I also worked on day 2. I then started time off on day 3. While on time off a coworker told me about how person X was in the hospital and positive for covid-19; which occurred on day 1. I used time off for 14 days before I returned to work. Luckily I never showed symptoms or infected any other person. I took it upon myself to stay away from work for 14 days to protect my coworkers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Mechanic reported being unknowingly exposed to a COVID-19 positive employee and not being notified of the exposure by company management.
Narrative: On Day 1; I was working with Person X to give him a pass-down from the day shift workload. We were in a 6 feet by 6 feet office for about 15 minutes. Later that evening; after my shift was done; Person X went to the hospital and was positive for COVID-19. I was never contacted by anyone from Management or the CDC about being exposed to COVID-19 positive person. I also worked on Day 2. I then started time off on Day 3. While on time off a coworker told me about how Person X was in the hospital and positive for COVID-19; which occurred on Day 1. I used time off for 14 days before I returned to work. Luckily I never showed symptoms or infected any other person. I took it upon myself to stay away from work for 14 days to protect my coworkers.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.