Common use of SAFETY PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

SAFETY PROCEDURE. 1. The Board considers the safety of its employees to be of prime importance. In order to continue to provide safe conditions under which its employees work, the Board will provide safety meetings for all employees under the direction of district supervisors and/or members of the State Department of Industrial Relations. Said meetings shall be established and scheduled by the Board and shall be on Board time. 2. The Board further agrees to provide training on all equipment for a department as necessary which an employee of that department classification would have to operate in the usual or normal performance of his/her responsibility. 3. The Board agrees to provide safety protection equipment such as safety goggles, hard hats, or other equipment which may be prescribed by law. 4. Employee concerns for safety may be discussed at the Labor Management meetings. Items of safety not resolved at said meetings shall be reported to the Board for their consideration. 5. In the event a safety problem is not solved satisfactorily following a meeting with the Board, either party may call in the State Department of Industrial Relations to conduct an investigation of the area of safety concern, and their report shall be presented to the Board and be heard at a public meeting. 6. Once provided, a picture identification tag must be worn by all employees at all times while on duty, unless job responsibilities/safety concerns require the tag to be removed. In such a case, the tag must be readily available.