Worker who shot co-workers had been fired for refusing to wear PPE
Being fired for refusing to safety glasses was apparently what set in motion a deadly rampage at a suburban Chicago manufacturing facility in February. Before it was over, the company’s human resources manager who’d done the firing was dead, along with four other employees and the gunman. Six police offers were injured in the incident.
A report that was released today revealed disturbing details about Gary Martin’s on-the-job behavior while he was employed at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois. A co-worker said Martin – who was known to own a gun - threatened on the day of the shooting to kill the company’s employees if he was fired. The co-worker did not report the comment to management due to Martin’s history of making “off the wall” statements.