NIOSH: Puerto Rico townhall meeting transcript - Centers for ...

examples. Number one arises--I receive a case
of a co-worker who registers a condition of
allergies in contact with the aslphalt fumes.
And I investigate and this employee had
previously been declared totally disabled by
the State Insurance Fund and the employer had
not been informed of his condition. The case
was not in the work place and he still alleged
it.
Number two, an employee who alleges an
emotional condition due to a problem with the
supervisor. It is investigated and it was in
another place that the alleged emotional
condition occurred and it was not in the work
place. But what bring us here are two points,
first the cases of alumina in the Aqueducts &
Sewers Authority. Now we have a case for
obvious reasons the name is not mentioned, that
has been incurring around four hundred thousand
to five hundred thousand dollars in the State
Insurance Fund in costs for this employee.
It was investigated in the Department of
Health and various agencies and I also did an
investigation and it results that he was
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