What can I do about being forced to enter a room where a dead body was found?
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What can I do about being forced to enter a room where a dead body was found?
I am a housekeeping supervisor for a gaming company. Yesterday we discovered a dead body in the jacuzzi. We called security and they called the coroner and the body was removed. Security informed us after the body was removed that we had to let the water out. My manager told me we had to go up and let it out. I told her that is not a good idea since the body was smelling terrible it had to be unsafe with bodily fluids. I went into the room and took pics to show her we could not due it. I am very upset at being put in a spot of having to go in the room that was very unsafe.
Asked on August 12, 2011 Mississippi
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I presume from your question and facts surrounding it that you did not let the water out of the jacuzzi where the corpse was found? If so, then the only contact you had in the area was that you went into the room where the corpse was found and took photographs.
When you took your position, I presume cleaning up after corpses was not part of the job description. If so, your employer could not force you to clean up the area where the deceased was discovered.
There are professional cleaning companies that do such types of cleaning that could have been hired by your manager for cleaning the area in your place. You need to submit a written letter to your employer about what happened to establish a record in your personnel file to prevent future demands at work of you that are not part of your job description.
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