Common use of EQUIPMENT, ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS Clause in Contracts

EQUIPMENT, ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS. Section 1. The Board shall not require employees to take out on the streets or highways any vehicle that is not in safe operating condition or equipped with the safety appliances prescribed by law. It shall not be a violation of this Agreement where employees refuse to operate such equipment unless such refusal is unjustified. Section 2. Under no circumstances will an employee be required or assigned to engage in any activity involving dangerous conditions of work or danger to person or property or in violation of an applicable statute or court order, or governmental regulation relating to safety of person or equipment. Section 3. Any employee involved in any accident shall immediately report said accident and any physical injury sustained. The employee shall report the accident to the Transportation Office in writing on forms furnished by the board before starting his/her next shift. (The accident report shall contain the names and addresses of all witnesses including all students on any vehicles involved in the accident.) Failure to comply with this provision shall subject such employee to disciplinary action by the Board. Section 4. Employees shall immediately, or at the end of their shift, report all defects of equipment. Such reports shall be made on a suitable form furnished by the Board and shall be made in multiple copies, one (1) copy to be retained by the employee. The Board shall not ask or require any employee to take out equipment that has been reported by any other employee as being in an unsafe operating condition until same has been approved as being safe by the Bus Mechanic.

EQUIPMENT, ACCIDENTS AND REPORTS. Section 1. The Board shall not require employees to take out on the streets or highways any vehicle that is not in safe operating condition or equipped with the safety appliances prescribed by law. It shall not be a violation of this Agreement where employees refuse to operate such equipment unless such refusal is unjustified. Section 2. Under no circumstances will an employee be required or assigned to engage in any activity involving dangerous conditions of work or danger to person or property or in violation of an applicable statute or court order, or governmental regulation relating to safety of person or equipment. Section 3. Any employee involved in any accident shall immediately report said accident and any physical injury sustained. The employee shall report the accident to the Transportation Office in writing on forms furnished by the board before starting his/her their next shift. (The accident report shall contain the names and addresses of all witnesses including all students on any vehicles involved in the accident.) Failure to comply with this provision shall subject such employee to disciplinary action by the Board. Section 4. Employees shall immediately, or at the end of their shift, report all defects of equipment. Such reports shall be made on a suitable form furnished by the Board and shall be made in multiple copies, one (1) copy to be retained by the employee. The Board shall not ask or require any employee to take out equipment that has been reported by any other employee as being in an unsafe operating condition until same has been approved as being safe by the Bus Mechanic.