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Can I sue my company for ?
I work on a corporate-owned assembly line that requires safety glasses to be worn at all times. What we build we dip in windex to check for air leaks. We dip our safety glasses in the same windex multiple times a day to clean them because they get dirty quickly. What we build contains oil and 100% of the time leaves oil in the cleaner that we use to clean our safety glasses, sometimes resulting in irritated, itchy eyes. Nobody at the company has ever told us not to clean our safety glasses in the windex. New Link Destination
day, my eyes are so irritated that I’m wondering if we are safe being so exposed to this oil and if I may have a case against my company for unsafe practice or endangering employee health in some way.
Asked on January 31, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You probably can and may wish to report them to OSHA for unsafe conditions: OSHA may be able to require them to improve worker safety.
As for a lawsuit: remember that lawsuits only provide compensation for actual injuries or medical costs or lost wages you suffer. If, as we hope, you have not suffered any permanent illness, eye damage or other health injury and have not incurred large medical costs or been rendered unable to work, there is no point in suing: for just "irritated" eyes you would get very little, if any, money. If some health problem materializes, however, that would be a different story and a lawsuit may well be worthwhile.
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