There's a little known law in this province that basically says "but I was told to or I'd be fired" isn't an excuse; it has to do with being ordered to work at an unsafe site/in an unsafe situation. Thing is, you're expected to have the tickets that enable you to tell if a workplace is unsafe, and if you see that it's unsafe and do the work you're ordered to do anyway, and you get hurt, YOU can go to jail. Yep, for not saying "hell no, go fuck yerself, boss."
Yeah, the expectation is that you will see that a workplace is unsafe and go secure the documentation proving that it is unsafe. That could be as little as a photo or it could be as much as the signed document from the OSHA dude that is meant to review site safety. Either way, the employee is a bit boned.
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There's a little known law in this province that basically says "but I was told to or I'd be fired" isn't an excuse; it has to do with being ordered to work at an unsafe site/in an unsafe situation. Thing is, you're expected to have the tickets that enable you to tell if a workplace is unsafe, and if you see that it's unsafe and do the work you're ordered to do anyway, and you get hurt, YOU can go to jail. Yep, for not saying "hell no, go fuck yerself, boss."
Yeah, the expectation is that you will see that a workplace is unsafe and go secure the documentation proving that it is unsafe. That could be as little as a photo or it could be as much as the signed document from the OSHA dude that is meant to review site safety. Either way, the employee is a bit boned.