Well, I'm back after being gone from here for about a month. I gave up my unemployment to take a temp to hire job as an extrusion operator. (I've been an ext. op for 12 yrs) This company I was working for is VERY stressed for workers. Some folks were having to work 84 hrs a week mandatory. I was brought in as an operator, but because they were so short staffed I was working the job of a line worker. No problem I said! Glad to help out.... Yesterday I was working on a line that produced a 16ft long plastic board... I was running the part through this notch machine and had my head down watching what I was doing, as I look up I see the board that was just cut from the saw jam up on a piece of their equipment. It formed an arch and it snapped towards me as I was looking up, striking me in my left breast. Sure it hurt, but it wasn't anything major. So I continued to work, later the supervisor asked me about it. I told him what happened and said no big deal, I'm fine. This morning I get a phone call from the temp agency informing me that I was fired because I "violated their safety policy" I did not report my "injury"! I can't believe it! They have a safety policy that states that everything should be reported. It would not matter if it was a paper cut!
I love it! I show up everyday, work all the over time they asked, did a good job, jumped in and helped them out, and They fire me for that! Seems dirty to me! Now I've lost my unemployment, and we have no income! The temp service has "nothing availble" at this time!
Well, I've worked like a dog my entire life, NEVER needing help of any kind..... Might have to do it now. Hopefully something good will happen before I have to get help from the state.....
