Accident Prevention/Safety a. The Contractor shall comply with all pertinent provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards issued by the State of Alaska Department of Labor in their performance of any work required to be performed under this Contract. This Contract may be suspended at any time if, in Agency’s discretion, it is determined that Contractor is not performing the work in a safe manner. Agency shall immediately notify Contractor in writing of its election to suspend this Agreement for safety purposes and shall specify their safety concerns. Contractor shall have five (5) days, unless agreed otherwise between the parties in writing, within which to correct each safety concern or reach agreement regarding modification of the task(s) to be performed by Contractor. If the safety concern is not addressed within the time frame agreed to by the parties, Agency may notify Contractor, in writing, of its election to terminate this Contract. Agency shall have no liability for suspension, delay, or termination of the work if such is due to a safety concern, and shall compensate Contractor up to the date Agency issues notice in writing to Contractor of their election to suspend this Contract for safety purposes.
Accident Prevention/Safety. It is and agreed that the parties to this Agreement shall at all with the accident prevention regulations of the Health and Safety Board and any refusal on the part of a xxxxxxx to his duties in contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Violation of the safety regulations or unsafe practices shall be considered as just cause for dismissal. The Union is required by the of this Agreement to instruct its members in standard safety precautions required under the terms of the Health and Safety Act. The Employer shall provide all necessary safety equipment as required by the Occupational Health and Safety regulations. Safety equipment may be allotted on a refund basis, excepting such articles of personal clothing which are non-returnable such as hard hat liners, safety shoes, etc. Ear (noise) protection shall be provided free of charge for employees requesting same or deemed necessary by the Employer. The employee is obligated to comply and utilize this protection provided, failure to comply may result in disciplinary action. An employee appointed by the employees shall be a member of the Safety Committee. The Safety Committee shall meet, when practical, on a monthly during the operating season.
Accident Prevention/Safety. The .Hospital agree that they to maintain standards of safety and in the in order to prevent accidents, Injury and i Recognizing its under the applicable legislation, the Hospital agrees to accept as a member of its Accident Prevention Health and Safety Committee, at one representative selected or appointed by the from amongst bargaining unit employees Such Committee shall potential dangers and hazards, institute means of improving health and safety programs and recommend actions to be taken to improve conditions related to safety and health The Hospital agrees to cooperate reasonably in providing information enable the Committee to its functions. In addition, the will provide the Committee with e access to all accident reports, health and safety records and any .other pertinent information in its possession. Meetings shall be held ever second month or more frequently at the call of t e Chair, if The Committee shall maintain minutes of all meetings and make the same available for review. NOTE: Any representative appointed or selected in b accordance with hereof, shall serve for a of at least one calendar from the date of ? Time off for such to attend s of the Prevention Health and Safety accordance with the shall be granted and any attending such their regularly scheduled hours of work, shall no lose regular as a result of such at The Association agrees to endeavour to obtain the full cooperation of its In the observation of all safety rules and practices. All time spent by a member of the Accident Prevention Health and Safety Committee attending meetings of the Committee and carrying out her duties, shall be deemed to be work time for which she shall be aid by the Hospital at her regular rate and she all be entitled such time from work as is necessary to attend scheduled meetings. Pregnant employees may request to be transferred from their current duties if, in the opinion of the employee's physician, t e pregnancy may be at risk. If such a transfer is not feasible, the pregnant employee, if she so requests, will be granted an unpaid .leave of absence before commencement of the current contractual maternity leave. Where the Hospital identifies high risk areas where nurses are exposed to infectious or communicable diseases for which there are avail e protective medications, such i shall be provided at no cost to the nurses. Issues relating to chairing of meetings and responsibility for the takin of minutes should be discussed locally with the tal and the o...
