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Ground employee reported being told to return to work after completing a 14-day quarantine. Reporter stated that they had not been previously told to self-quarantine nor had they been notified they had been exposed to a co-worker who tested positive for covid-19.

Narrative:

I received a phone call from person X...with hour. Person X called me to tell me that I could return to work the following day from my 14 day quarantine. However; I was never told to quarantine and my schedule was never adjusted accordingly. I was directly exposed to a coworker who tested positive for covid-19 and [who had] told the company of the results and the people [the coworker had] worked with and was around. My name along with several others was provided to local management but they failed to take any action to pull us out of work. Only 14 days later did I find out that I was in fact supposed to be in quarantine; but instead management kept me at work for my regularly scheduled shifts. In fact; I even worked several extra shifts during that time period.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground employee reported being told to return to work after completing a 14-day quarantine. Reporter stated that they had not been previously told to self-quarantine nor had they been notified they had been exposed to a co-worker who tested positive for COVID-19.

Narrative: I received a phone call from Person X...with HR. Person X called me to tell me that I could return to work the following day from my 14 day quarantine. However; I was never told to quarantine and my schedule was never adjusted accordingly. I was directly exposed to a coworker who tested positive for COVID-19 and [who had] told the company of the results and the people [the coworker had] worked with and was around. My name along with several others was provided to local management but they failed to take any action to pull us out of work. Only 14 days later did I find out that I was in fact supposed to be in quarantine; but instead management kept me at work for my regularly scheduled shifts. In fact; I even worked several extra shifts during that time period.

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.