American Woodmark
Won Discrimination then fired

I was working for american woodmark in kingman arizona for 2 years, i worked my way into maintenance and was there only a few mts when i started to get harassed by other employees because of depression i suffered. That was being made worse by the supervisor having me use respirator i was not fit for, this respirator was deffective so for weeks i was inhaling benzine and other chemicals that where making me very sick and could no longer take the haressment and went home when i returned to work the supervisor had wrote me up and called me into his office. He then told me he thought i was a Lunitic and would some day come into work and kill all the employees including him, i was left speechless! I was then demoted to a class 1 and moved into stocking. I started a suit for discrimination, during that time i fell and broke my wrist cracked my elbow caused a Slap Lesion to my sholder and crunched 2 disks in my back i tryed to report this to a supervisor but was i was told that with my discrimination suit i wold most likely be fired if i reported this accdent, so i did not report it i worked the rest of that night in extreme pain after work i had to sleep at my table because i could not lay down. I returned to work that night and after 3 hours of work i could no longer take the pain and had to report the fall. After going to the e.R. I was told i could not return to work till the results of my drug test where in 3 weeks went by and still no report, so i went to the hospital and found that American woodmark did not even ask for the results, i then got a regesterd letter saying i had been fired for not being at work and to many points on the point system. I did win the suit but only for $3500,00 i'am now on work comp i have had 3 surgerys i still have extreme pain, and for the last 2.5 years i have not recived 1 check on time from broadspire all my money goes on late payments and intrest i eat very little and have lost over 30 lbs and now i might lose my car the only thing i have left. John. Gaylord Michigan

Company: American Woodmark
Country: USA
State: Arizona
City: Kingman
Address: 4475 Mohave Airport Dr
Phone: 9287577106

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