Your firm manufactures pesticides for farmers. Your co-worker has noticed multip

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Your firm manufactures pesticides for farmers. Your co-worker has noticed multiple times that the boss habitually violates safety protocols while using a particularly noxious pesticide. The boss is careless handling the pesticide container and keeps leaving the open container around. When left open for too long, the pesticide releases vapors that cause dizziness and nausea. When the co-worker brings this to the boss's attention, the boss becomes very defensive and threatens the co-worker with job termination if he does not keep quiet. His argument is that leaving the bottle open has never affected him adversely and so he feels it is not an issue at all. In reality however, the boss's negligent behavior is a direct violation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and safety measures. To make matters worse, the boss enters in the daily safety sheet that "the product has been handled by him with care."

Explain how you would negotiate with your boss to agree to bring about ethical business practices which are in accordance with OSHA standards to replace his current, illegal and unethical methods.

Explanation / Answer

Employers with chemicals in the workplace must implement a written communication program and train employees on danger they are exposed to and for proper precautions to follow

Can request to OSHA through workers union to have a inspection of site. Visit of OSHA representative in the company ensures the implementation of all procedures.

Observe the risk factors and get the test result and share it with OSHA representative in the company

Get the medical report of the workers from company’s EH&s department and post post it with OSHA citations at the work area involved.

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