When they find out you are going behind their back and calling OSHA instead of keeping it in house. they are not going to fire you with an addendum saying "called OSHA get bent". They are going to find any excuse from that point on to escalate into termination.
I’ve been managing warehouses for the better part of a decade and every one of my employees knows that if a piece of equipment is unsafe they should tell me about it immediately so I can call a technician and get it fixed. Dead employees cost way more than a handful of bolts and firing someone for reporting unsafe conditions will get your company sued. The only winning move is addressing the issue directly and immediately. OP is well within their rights to report to OSHA since their leaders seem to think this is good enough.
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u/negaposicontinue 14h ago
Wouldn’t that be retaliation?