Massachusetts
Hello,
The company I work for is selling dangerous products. Do I need a lawyer? Can I personally be sued? What should I do to legally protect myself. What is the moral or right thing to do?
I work as a field service and in-house service engineer for a Chinese company that is starting a new division here in the US. The company makes automated or robotic equipment. The products are all manufactured in China but we have a demo lab here in the US where I work. I service or repair and help pre and post sales. I have been finding many, many electrical code violations as well as explosive gas code violations. The safety level is very scary.
For example, a customer bought a product 3 years ago. I have been with the company 7 months. Now, the customer needs a repair or information to repair it themselves. I have just seen videos on the product and there are obvious US code violations having to do with OSHA and explosive gas handling devices.
There are many code violations on lots of products. I helped them find the electrical code, but products are still getting to customers with violations even after I told them what code they must comply with. I cannot keep up with my job, let alone take pictures of everything to give them a show and tell about code violations all over the place. There are so many products. It takes diligent research to find the exact way to do something when complying with codes. I can't keep up and they have great difficulty understanding the code language themselves. It is not my specialty either. I volunteered to help find code problems, but I cannot find everything and products are shipped direct from China. I never see some of the products. I am the only engineer in the US. Also, this is usually done by electrical design engineers. I am a mechanical engineer with a lot of electrical self-study.
What do I do? Do I need a lawyer?
Thanks in advance!
Plugger2
Hello,
The company I work for is selling dangerous products. Do I need a lawyer? Can I personally be sued? What should I do to legally protect myself. What is the moral or right thing to do?
I work as a field service and in-house service engineer for a Chinese company that is starting a new division here in the US. The company makes automated or robotic equipment. The products are all manufactured in China but we have a demo lab here in the US where I work. I service or repair and help pre and post sales. I have been finding many, many electrical code violations as well as explosive gas code violations. The safety level is very scary.
For example, a customer bought a product 3 years ago. I have been with the company 7 months. Now, the customer needs a repair or information to repair it themselves. I have just seen videos on the product and there are obvious US code violations having to do with OSHA and explosive gas handling devices.
There are many code violations on lots of products. I helped them find the electrical code, but products are still getting to customers with violations even after I told them what code they must comply with. I cannot keep up with my job, let alone take pictures of everything to give them a show and tell about code violations all over the place. There are so many products. It takes diligent research to find the exact way to do something when complying with codes. I can't keep up and they have great difficulty understanding the code language themselves. It is not my specialty either. I volunteered to help find code problems, but I cannot find everything and products are shipped direct from China. I never see some of the products. I am the only engineer in the US. Also, this is usually done by electrical design engineers. I am a mechanical engineer with a lot of electrical self-study.
What do I do? Do I need a lawyer?
Thanks in advance!
Plugger2