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When is the right time to call OSHA?
Is there ever a right time? If you "care" about your employer, it's never a right time. But when working conditions get worse and worse and "yeah yeah yeah..." is your only answer is OSHA the only one who has a heaviest hand enough to do the trick?
I figure it's sorta like the local Labor Board or the NLRB, you only bring in the big guns when you're at your wits end.
But I'm interested to hear from all y'all.
I work in a restaurant whose ventilation hoods are either not working or non-existent, depending on the station at hand. Suffice to say there's no "return air" system either.
I figure it's sorta like the local Labor Board or the NLRB, you only bring in the big guns when you're at your wits end.
But I'm interested to hear from all y'all.
I work in a restaurant whose ventilation hoods are either not working or non-existent, depending on the station at hand. Suffice to say there's no "return air" system either.
Tags: BOH, Health & Safety, Law, OSHA, restaurants
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Permalink Reply by Andy Swingley on -
I believe that if you are bothered enough to consider contacting OSHA then their is a concern for your own personal safety. As Jeffrey says, communicate to the owner the concerns and if the problem isn't resolved immediately, resign from the business and communicate to OSHA on the way to your next job. The remaining staff left behind will be protected with your call to OSHA.
You can communicate effectively and professionally but you can't force a value change in an owner or operator if they don't listen. Don't work somewhere that your values don't align with that of the leadership.
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Permalink Reply by Cooking Kman on -
I know that I have had issues with employers not providing a safe work environment, and never really considered contacting OSHA about it. In retrospect maybe I should have or at least threatened. I did go to the executive management team and make a case for both worker safety and liability with no reasonable response. In short I took it as a good time to move on to a new position.
My safety can never be an issue when it comes to professional life.
On the point about working without ventilation... Don't do it. Ever.
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