Incident Report - 07/23/2465

[Susan]

Reporting Personnel: Ana Roh'hi'tin

Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Investigator

Game ID: coW-df8z

Personnel Involved: 

IRU-Aurora, Investigator (Offender)

Rosenwyn Edenvane, Captain (Offender)

Ana Roh'hi'tin, Investigator (Victim)

Ronald Monday, Security Officer (Witness)

Yasir Kra'jun, Security Officer (Witness)

Time of Incident: Approx 21:00 Ship Time (ST), Estimated

Real Time: 4:30 PM Central Standard Time
Location of Incident: Forensics Autopsy Lab

Nature of Incident:
[ ] - Workplace Hazard
[ ] - Accident/Injury
[ ] - Destruction of Property
[X] - Neglect of Duty
[X] - Harassment
[ ] - Assault
[X] - Misconduct
[ ] - Other _____ (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.)

Overview of the Incident: When this one arrived on the ship level from residential to begin her shift, she was made aware of a death on the asteroid. A miner had passed away in the pursuit of his duties. In observance of standard procedure, and her job duties, she retrieved the corpse - relinquished by medical to Officer Sakariulu Toongaviak and transported to the forensics wing - to perform an autopsy and mark the accident in the database. However, when the Captain was made aware that security had taken custody of the body, she began to interrogate us over security comms as to why we would bother to look into a death that was not from 'foul play'. Investigator synthetic IRU-Aurora also made comments that the procedure was 'unnecessary'.

The Captain went even further as to say that doing our job was 'disrespectful' to the man, given he spent his last moments 'wailing over comms', or something to that effect. This one was not present when the described incident took place. Nonetheless, the Captain insisted an autopsy not be done to 'spare him' being 'cut open', and suggested that doing so would invite liability onto the company.

Station procedure is very clear on the objective and purpose of the Investigative Division of the SCC: we exist to ensure corporate liability is at a minimum, to investigate and categorize workplace accidents and deaths, and in the rare cases they happen - look into actual criminal behavior amongst the crew. Under Station Procedure Section 5 (Security), Subsection 11 (Autopsies), the following information is recorded:

• All autopsies should be conducted by investigations within the autopsy room. If no investigators are present, the cadaver should be stored until one arrives.
• More steps outlining autopsies can be found here. [SEE:  GUIDE TO CADAVERS]
• Once the autopsy is completed, if the deceased was an employee aboard the SCCV Horizon, the cadaver should be remanded to medical so that they may carry out any potential post-mortem wishes.

In the referenced filed, Guide to Cadavers, Section 2 (Manner of Death), and Guide to Cadavers, Section 2 (Manner of Death), Subsection 2 (Accidental), the following information is recorded:

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Manner of Death: This is what your corporate instructors would have told you is the most important part of your job, and they'd be partially right. Manner of death is a regulations/contractual determination, and therefore Manner of Death can be the deciding factor in something like your victims life insurance being paid out to remaining family members. Deciding which category your victim fits into can be difficult, but here we will go over a few common signs of each category of Manner of Death.

Accidental: The first is Industrial Accidents, which are most common in departments such as engineering and science, who handle dangerous tasks and materials. Deaths that are a result of Industrial Accidents have several common signs. Firstly, they will occur in the victims place of work, that is, if an engineer dies as a result of an Industrial Accident, their corpse will most likely be found in Engineering. Second, they will have occurred doing something related to their job, so for our engineer, it could have occurred when he was setting up the Tesla engine and due to circumstances outside his control containment failed and he was fried. It is important to note, if someone dies as a result of an accident while doing something outside their job, (ex. a medical doctor trying to set up the Tesla) their death may instead be ruled as a Suicide.

In short, this means that, contrary to the Captain's insistence, autopsies are not solely carried out in instances of 'foul play' only; the autopsy, and the following paperwork, are necessary and important activities the Investigation Division undertakes to assist the Legal Division in determining payout of life insurance and other circumstances. In this case, the miner most likely died as a result of his own negligence by attempting to combat hostile xenofauna without proper preparation, which would limit what, if any, payout his family members would receive. This is important work to mitigate or alleviate corporate liability in the deaths of employees in the workplace, irrespective of whether the Captain finds it to be 'moral' to 'cut apart' a man who unfortunately lost his life. Whatever the circumstances of his death were, it does not change the fact the accident must be properly investigated and the company absolved of any sort of liability if that is the case.

In this, it was. No autopsy was carried out, making more work for investigators later down the road because the Captain allowed their emotions to get the better of them. Additionally, the other investigator on staff clearly does not understand our mandate if they believe a workplace accident 'does not need' to be investigated. It is not as though the ship is constantly being attacked or otherwise embattled by petty criminals - this is our job, and it is an important facet of it. The work the SCCV Horizon does in the far reaches of space is innately dangerous, and the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate relies on both the Legal Division and Investigations Division to ensure its assets are being secured and no unnecessary money is being spent on bereavement or workplace deaths.

This one stresses no surgical procedure was done in compliance with the Captain's orders, despite her disagreement. Only an external examination. The body was then remanded to medical. Due to other extant security issues, the investigation was not fully completed. Nobody among the crew were made aware of the autopsy, which means only the Captain was evidently uncomfortable with a routine procedure.

Submitted Evidence: 

Would you like to be personally interviewed?: 
[X] - Yes (If Necessary)
[ ] - No

Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: No. They are the Captain.
Actions taken: Filed this report.

Additional Notes: This one would simply like the Captain and Investigator to be made to understand corporate procedure to ensure this sort of incident does not happen again. Hundreds of thousands of credits are saved by our work every year - in this case, by investigating and potentially finding the miner's negligence to be the cause of his death, it could prevent unnecessary dispensation of funds to his bereaved family members, saving corporate money.

Edited July 23, 2023 by Susan

[TheSleepyCatmom]

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TO: Ana Roh'hi'tin, Investigator, SCCV Horizon

FROM: Human Resources, AMS, NTCC Odin

SUBJECT: RE: Incident Report

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BODY:

This is an automated message to inform you that your incident report has been received and placed in a queue for the HR Division to review.

If necessary, you will be contacted by an HR Assistant when an investigation begins.

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DTG: 23-19:34-TAU CETI STANDARD-07-2465

SIGN: AMS

 

[TheSleepyCatmom]

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TO: Ana Roh'hi'tin, Investigator, SCCV Horizon

FROM: Human Resources, AMS, NTCC Odin

SUBJECT: RE: Incident Report

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BODY:
This is an automated message to inform you that an investigation has now been opened regarding your incident report, and assigned to Khloe Litynzyk (DasFox).

You may be contacted by the HR Assistant for an interview, or you may contact them directly if you have any questions.

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DTG: 23-19:36-TAU CETI STANDARD-07-2465

SIGN: AMS

 

[TheSleepyCatmom]

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TO: Ana Roh'hi'tin, Investigator, SCCV Horizon

FROM: Human Resources, AMS, NTCC Odin

SUBJECT: RE: Incident Report

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BODY:

The investigation of this incident has concluded, and appropriate action has been taken for affected individuals. 

This matter will now be considered resolved.

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DTG: 14-06:07-TAU CETI STANDARD-08-2465

SIGN: AMS