Common use of Safety and Health Program Clause in Contracts

Safety and Health Program. The Union safety program, described in this paragraph, shall be implemented by the Company. Where exposure conditions require, the Employer shall provide coveralls or similar protective work clothing, gloves, protective hats, protective (safety) shoes, shoe covers, face ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or goggles, and respirators. The Company shall provide for the cleaning of protective clothing and respirators. The Company shall provide change rooms and showers. The Union on behalf of the individual employees agrees that employees will use the protective equipment specified in this Paragraph at all times that the employee is working in a posted area, subject to discipline for failure to properly use the equipment. The individual employee shall be given the eight (8) hours of work on his regular assignment provided for in Paragraph 9.1 (Normal Work Hours) as long as he wears the protective equipment and the Company may not rotate the employee off his/her job or reduce the employee in hours on his regularly assigned job in lieu of using the protective equipment described in this Paragraph; and should an employee refuse to work a full day with the protective equipment described in this Paragraph, the employee is not entitled to compensation for the time not worked. If an employee believes that his health or safety is adversely affected by the use of the safety equipment specified in this Paragraph, the employee shall not leave his work assignment without prior permission, but rather, shall communicate the specific details upon which that belief is based to the Grievance Committeeman. The Grievance Committeeman and the Safety Director shall confer regarding those details. If unable to resolve the matter to the satisfaction of the employee, a meeting will be held with the Grievance Committeeman and the General Manager. If after the meeting with the General Manager the matter is not resolved, the employee may work at a job, if then available, in an area not requiring the specific protective equipment, should such an area exist and if the employee has the ability to immediately perform the job without training. Otherwise, the employee will take a temporary unpaid leave without being subject to discipline.