The details: I am a part time worker at a summer job. I live in Southern California. This is a corporate retailer of pool supplies.
The problem: We have no fire sprinklers in a building full of toxic combustibles. We have no PPE for handling the carcinogenic powder (diatomaceous earth) that keeps arriving in split bags and spilling all over the place. Our District Manager has made no move to get these open bags out of our building. We have no safe place to store them in the meantime.
The moral quandary: while this is just a summer job for me, my manager relies on this to support his family. He’s in the same boat as me but much worse, because he doesn’t get to walk away at the end of summer.
The question: If I were to raise the alarm, how would I do this? Is there a safety net for my coworkers?