highway maintenance gets nutty (1 Viewer)

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A supervisor and employees at the state Highway Department garage in Lee County took part in odd acts of abuse on the job, including hitting workers in the ####, pelting each other with rocks and deliberately damaging employees' state-issued clothing with grease, according to a lawsuit and an internal investigation.

In one case, the supervisor and two others spun a worker on a merry-go-round at a park, and then the supervisor "karate chopped" him in the groin so hard that he fell to the ground, nearly vomiting as he writhed in pain, according to the employee's statement and his lawsuit.

The report by investigator John Witt, filed with the lawsuit, included a finding that Best was hurt in the merry-go-round incident. In another instance, the report said, Morse bear-hugged Best so hard his chest popped and a knot formed. Best said in his lawsuit that he suffered a fractured rib.

Morse told the investigator he had not meant to hurt Best and hadn't touched him anymore.

In another incident, Deaton threw a traffic cone and hit Best in the face, causing bruising and swelling, according to the report signed Jan. 8 by Cindy James, the cabinet's inspector general. Deaton told investigators he threw the cone only after Best asked him to, and that Best failed to catch it. Deaton said he apologized.

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/13/3087092/state-highway-worker-files-lawsuit.html