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This is the most incredible thing about the US. Employers should be responsible for workplace safety and pay for it.

• sigstoat 5y ago
  his employer surely had workers comp insurance, and big signs about it in the breakroom, which are required by law.
  • moate 5y ago
    Of course they do! I was like 24 and just out of culinary school. The courses of action I talked about were the ones I was told I had by my boss (who probably didn't want a claim.) 10+ years late I'm much more aware of labor laws/practices but at the time I had no clue.
• PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  > Employers should be responsible for workplace safety and pay for it. In the US, employers are responsible for workplace safety and there are serious repercussions for violations like this. Some small businesses rely on employees being too fearful to report incidents, but that’s not unique to the US. Worker’s compensation would have covered the injury mentioned above, and any employer interfering with that would face serious consequences up to and including loss of business license and closure of the restaurant.