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according to a legal action filed by six former Twitter employees in the Delaware District Court Elon Musk and his company on May 16, Twitter’s global head of engineering and design Joseph Killian was asked to install locks that violated California building codes and could endanger the lives of employees in the event of a fire.

Killian was reportedly instructed to install locks that would not open automatically if the building’s fire suppression system was activated.

The former Twitter employee was also repeatedly told that “compliant locks were too expensive and he was ordered to immediately install less expensive locks that must comply with life safety and exit codes,” according to the lawsuit.

According to the filing, Killian protested, saying installing the less expensive locks would endanger lives and that in the event of an earthquake or fire, the locks would remain locked, denying first responders access to the rooms. He was reportedly instructed not to report his concerns to the city inspector. The lawsuit states that Killian resigned in response and another employee eventually installed the insecure locks.

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Killian was also reportedly instructed to install space heaters in Musk’s designated “hotel rooms” for employees who wanted to work through the night. Killian was also reportedly instructed to carry out non-compliant electrical work.

The lawsuit also charges Musk with “reckless disregard for both the law and the life and safety of his colleagues and associates.”

It says Killian was ordered to bypass the landlord’s lighting control system because the motion-sensitive lights were disrupting people trying to sleep in the rooms.

The lawsuit states the company has…