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'Deplorable' | Lab worker found severed heads on his desk after complaint about work conditions

Lab worker found severed heads on his desk after complaint about work conditions

An employee claims three severed heads were left at his workspace after he raised concerns about ‘deplorable’ working conditions.

Dale Wheatley, a transportation coordinator at the Anatomical Gift Association (AGA) in Illinois, US, allegedly encountered the gruesome sight after complaining about the quality of work being done at the AGA, a non-profit to which people can donate their bodies after death, for the education of medical professionals.

Speaking at a press conference with his attorney Wheatley shed light on the “shabby conditions” he experienced at AGA, describing the workplace as “deplorable”.

“They’re sending donors back because of mould and rot, bugs,” he claimed.

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