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My Factory Caught on Fire, and the Fire System Didn’t Work

Mobile formatting sorry yada yada yada. I work for a multi-billion dollar corporation in Indiana that produces engines. Last night one of the machine caught fire resulting in a lot of the factory filling with smoke from burning grease, oil, and metal shavings. Once I saw the smoke and saw the flames billowing out of the machine I pulled the fire alarm and so did a few others; nothing. No alarm went off, nobody in the factory full of people was notified until they could see smoke. I breathed this shit in and am currently in the ER for labored breathing. I waived my rights to sue in my union contract. I’m pissed and don’t know what to do. What if the fire was worse? What if someone didn’t make it out? I owe them over 10k in tuition and can’t just quit. I have to wait till tonight to…


Mobile formatting sorry yada yada yada.

I work for a multi-billion dollar corporation in Indiana that produces engines. Last night one of the machine caught fire resulting in a lot of the factory filling with smoke from burning grease, oil, and metal shavings. Once I saw the smoke and saw the flames billowing out of the machine I pulled the fire alarm and so did a few others; nothing. No alarm went off, nobody in the factory full of people was notified until they could see smoke. I breathed this shit in and am currently in the ER for labored breathing. I waived my rights to sue in my union contract. I’m pissed and don’t know what to do. What if the fire was worse? What if someone didn’t make it out? I owe them over 10k in tuition and can’t just quit. I have to wait till tonight to even see if I’ll have a job to go to for a few weeks as we can’t run until the damage and machine are repaired. I’m at a loss.

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