What the insurance company does not want you to know is this: in Hawaii, a job injury claim does not disappear because of your immigration status.

Before you know that, the threat works. You stay quiet, keep cleaning through the burn, miss treatment, and lose proof. If you are the only paycheck at home, that delay can wreck both your health and your income fast.

After you know it, your next moves change immediately.

Get medical care today and tell the provider it happened at work in Kailua-Kona. Chemical burns can worsen hours later. Ask for copies of everything: visit notes, discharge papers, work restrictions, photos.

Then report the injury to your employer in writing today - text, email, or a photo of a written note is better than a verbal report. Keep screenshots. If they threaten deportation, save the exact words, names, dates, and witnesses.

In Hawaii, workers' compensation is handled through the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Disability Compensation Division. If your employer refuses to report the injury or the insurer stalls, you can file a workers' comp claim directly with DLIR. Safety complaints can also go to HIOSH if dangerous chemicals or missing protective gear caused the burn.

If the burn happened because someone besides your employer caused it - like a contractor, property owner, or chemical supplier - you may also have a separate injury claim, and Hawaii's general deadline is 2 years from the injury date.

Do these right now:

• Get treated
• Report in writing
• Preserve threats and photos
• Do not sign anything you do not understand
• Do not quit just because they threatened you

The threat is meant to make you drop the claim. The clock is already running, but you still have rights.