Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Safe at work?

Safe at work? You mean, apart from statistics showing that more than 13,000 women are raped on the job each year in the United States?
...And then you have intimidation, harassment, neglect, bullying, assaults, threats, robberies, theft, murder...

Story:
Myfoxcleveland.com reports about a worker at University Hospitals who has been jailed.

University Circle Police say the male employee trapped another female employee inside an elevator at the hospital. According to a police report, the man forced the woman inside the elevator, picked her up from behind and started shaking her.

Police say each time the elevator stopped on a floor, the man would stop, but no one else could get on the elevator because a cart was blocking the entrance. Each time the elevator door closed, the man would resume assaulting the woman.

Eventually the woman was able to get out of the elevator. She reported the incident to police a few days later."Obviously it's a concern, but University Circle is one of the safest places in the region, it's one of the safest places in Cleveland," says a spokesperson with University Circle Incorporated.

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