Sorry in advance if I come across rambling.
I am an Australian that was on a working visa living in Montreal Quebec that was injured in a workplace accident that burnt my face and left me permanently blind in one eye and with some minor vision problems in the other caused by corrosive chemicals. I was diagnosed with PTSD have not worked since the accident over 16 months.
I have only two courses of action to gain compensation which is through the Quebec CNESST or taking a lawsuit against a third party which I'm sure in this case would be the American chemical manufacturers/suppliers? According to Quebec law, I can not sue my previous employer for the injuries I sustained... Does this sound right?
I would like to find out if the chemicals that caused my injuries were also up to regulation.
If anyone could offer any information, It would be greatly appreciated.
What would you do in my case?
I am an Australian that was on a working visa living in Montreal Quebec that was injured in a workplace accident that burnt my face and left me permanently blind in one eye and with some minor vision problems in the other caused by corrosive chemicals. I was diagnosed with PTSD have not worked since the accident over 16 months.
- My previous employer (a business, owned by a large consortium) did not provide any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), safety signage or training on these chemicals, nor did they safely store these chemicals ( I have photos documenting this).
- A third party, a large American Chemical manufacturers/supplier to my previous employer, upon hearing of my Injuries came into where I was injured and placed safety signage all over the area I was working in. ( I was told this by my previous employer)
- Also possible my previous employer were the ones that placed this safety signage after my accident to cover themselves. I have photos of this area without safety signage before my accident and photos of the safety signage placed by the third-party Chemical manufacturers/suppliers or previous employer after my injuries.
- The chemicals that injured me look fairly innocuous there are no ALERT words/symbols displayed on the front of this label only on the back.
- My medical bills were paid for by my travel insurance which was just over 100k but as soon as I was medically escorted from Canada back to my home country one month after my accident, I have paid for everything else which is now close to 25k. I never heard from my previous employer again.
- I have also collected well over 400 pages of medical documentation, psychologist reports, and invoices pertaining to my injuries.
- My ophthalmologist has told me I will develop Glaucoma and Cataracts much sooner than expected which of course worries me even more...
I have only two courses of action to gain compensation which is through the Quebec CNESST or taking a lawsuit against a third party which I'm sure in this case would be the American chemical manufacturers/suppliers? According to Quebec law, I can not sue my previous employer for the injuries I sustained... Does this sound right?
I would like to find out if the chemicals that caused my injuries were also up to regulation.
If anyone could offer any information, It would be greatly appreciated.
What would you do in my case?