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Originally Posted by Jason762
Well I work in the food section of CostCo. Not quite sure if it qualifies as a restraunt. Haven't seen the MSDS posted anywhere. I'd ask my manager but I don't wanna seem like an ass, I AM greatful she took me in!
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It doesn't matter what kind of business you work in. If it exposes you to hazardous chemicals in the duties of your job, they have to provide you with protective equipment.
If the MSDS isn't posted somewhere, that's violation 1.
If your rights aren't posted somewhere, that's violation 2.
If they're making you use caustic, burning chemicals and not giving you protection for your hands, lungs, and eyes, that's violations 3, 4, and 5.
You are NOT an ass to insist on safety. I'm sure you're grateful to your boss, but that does not excuse her from her legally mandated safety responsibilities.
I'm grateful that the station I work at right now "took me in" but if they tell me tomorrow to raise my live truck's 56' metal mast in a thunderstorm, I'll tell 'em where to stick that mast. No job is worth your life or your safety, especially if it's a low-wage oven cleaning job.
Personal protective equipment.
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We get rubber gloves and latex gloves, but that's about it...
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Are you wearing them when you clean the oven? If not. . um. . . WTF.
If you are, and it's still burning, then the gloves are not sufficient protection. Insist on better.
And again they also still have to give you safety glasses.
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How do I learn my rights without seeming like.... you know, those people that managers hate because they have the knowledge to get them in trouble?
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Well the way I see it you have 2 options. 1) talk to your manager and then run it by us and we'll tell you if she's bullshitting you or not. 2) call OSHA directly and ask THEM what your rights are in this situation (note that this might get your workplace inspected if they get the idea that your boss is fucking around with her workers' safety).