Posted on 03/05/2018 10:31:21 AM PST by nickcarraway
Below are transcripts of three 911 calls from Apple’s new campus, obtained by The Chronicle via a public-records request. The calls, all made in January, relate to injuries suffered by people who walked into glass at the campus, which is called Apple Park. The transcript has been lightly edited. Click here for a story about how a Cupertino official had warned Apple last year about the problem.
Call 1 (Jan. 2)
Dispatcher: Medical emergency, 185, what are you reporting?
Caller: This is Apple security reporting a medical injury.
Dispatcher: OK, what is the address of the emergency?
Caller: Just a moment.
Person in the background, near the caller: If you could let them know Apple Park Way.
Caller: Apple Park Way.
Dispatcher: What is the address?
Caller: Apple Park Way. 1 Apple Park Way.
Dispatcher: Can you repeat to make sure I have it correct?
Caller: 1 Apple Park Way.
Dispatcher: Where specifically should they go?
Caller: Transit center, 5A.
Dispatcher: Transit center — is that in any specific area at Apple?
Caller: It’s off of Tantau Avenue.
Caller: Is that right at 1 Apple Park Way though?
Caller: It’s going to be Gate 5A off of Tantau Avenue.
Dispatcher: So the address you gave me at 1 Apple Park Way is that exactly where we’re going?
Caller: Yes.
Dispatcher: ...so tell me exactly what happened.
Caller: We had an individual who ran into a glass wall pane and they hit their head. They have a small cut on their head and they are bleeding, slightly disoriented. We have on site security with them right now.
Dispatcher: Are you with the patient now?
Caller: No, I am not with the patient. We are trying to have a security unit call in right now so I connect you over.
Dispatcher: How old
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They called 911 for this????
Was their mommy too far away?
Did the nice policeman send someone to kiss their boo-boo?
Maybe they need to put up those silhouettes on the clear glass like they do for birds.
What, with all the metrosexual-millenical geeks, that could make for a humorous contest to submit the best photoshopped geek silhouette...:)
Read it.
Did I miss the interesting part?
That was my thought. They called 911? I guess it depends on the cut on the head and the level of disorientation.
How about glass pane proximity alarms that sound like the default iPhone ring?
or better yet, send them a text, because they’re probably too absorbed in their phone to look where they’re walking.
This was suggested but Apple refused, citing their desire for a more clean visual. The major problem with what Apple did (other than create a injury hazard) was that they violated California law by not placing visible indication on glass dividers. Apple should be in a class-action law suit any day now...
Somehow I just knew that California would have a law to address this issue.
Once again just like in the post you made on this
Workers comp insurance rules require reporting an accident.... blood and head wound would mandate a 911 call
Struth! Ain't it odd how those progressive types in California have laws to control virtually every aspect of a persons life???
They have to go to the Dr. The method of transportation is negotiable.
“What isn’t forbidden, is mandatory.”
I had heard a quote attributed to Bob Hope:
"I moved to California when homosexuality became acceptable. I left before it became mandatory."
Birds fly into windows, maybe these techies are a bunch of bird brains.
the employees reported a hazard. Apple failed to take action. The employees put up stickies to mark the hazard. Apple took down the hazard warnings. Apple is in some serious violation of Cal-Osha. Go take their money. If it was a Calif small business, they’d have gotten shut down until the hazard was corrected and fined for every day it wasn’t.
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