Ground worker reported not being informed by management that a co-worker tested positive for covid-1...

Narrative:

On day 5; an employee in the X office was told they had covid-19 and notified management of the situation. I worked with this employee all day in the office on day 0. I was not notified by the company that the employee had contracted covid. I had visited my family that weekend; when I returned home where I live with my girlfriend who is very high risk due to some medical conditions. This is unacceptable according to cdc guidelines you are supposed to contact trace and notify all employees that have come in contact for more than 6 hrs on that day with the person who is infected; you not only put myself; my children and my girlfriend at risk; and god forbid worse things could have happened.this is not the first time ZZZ has failed to notify employees that have been around others that have contracted covid; thank god when I came back to work I got tested and was negative but I never want to be put in this situation ever again where I am worried I may get my family and especially my girlfriend sick or worse killed due to negligence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground worker reported not being informed by management that a co-worker tested positive for COVID-19. The ground worker had worked with the co-worker and then visited family; resulting in possible exposure.

Narrative: On Day 5; an employee in the X office was told they had COVID-19 and notified management of the situation. I worked with this employee all day in the office on Day 0. I was not notified by the company that the employee had contracted COVID. I had visited my family that weekend; when I returned home where I live with my girlfriend who is very high risk due to some medical conditions. This is unacceptable according to CDC guidelines you are supposed to contact trace and notify all employees that have come in contact for more than 6 hrs on that day with the person who is infected; you not only put myself; my children and my girlfriend at risk; and god forbid worse things could have happened.This is not the first time ZZZ has failed to notify employees that have been around others that have contracted COVID; thank god when I came back to work I got tested and was negative but I never want to be put in this situation ever again where I am worried I may get my family and especially my girlfriend sick or worse killed due to negligence.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1759827
Time
Date	202008
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	No Aircraft
Flight Phase	Other N/A
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Ground worker reported not being informed by management that a co-worker tested positive for covid-19. The ground worker had worked with the co-worker and then visited family; resulting in possible exposure.