General Safety Rules Clause Samples

The General Safety Rules clause establishes the fundamental safety standards and procedures that must be followed by all parties involved in a project or workplace. It typically outlines requirements such as the use of personal protective equipment, adherence to posted safety signs, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations. By setting clear expectations for safe conduct, this clause helps prevent accidents and injuries, ensuring a safer environment and reducing liability for all parties.
General Safety Rules. 1. Employees are not required to work in an unsafe area or under unsafe conditions. Employees are expected to report unsafe areas, conditions, equipment, and tools to their immediate supervisor. 2. Each employee has the responsibility to work in a safe manner and remove equipment or eliminate conditions or unsafe acts within that employee’s control that create a hazard. 3. An employee with a concern about, or knowledge of a potential safety problem in any facet of the Company’s operation, should immediately bring it to the attention of the employee’s supervisor and may also bring it to the attention of the Union’s safety representative for prompt investigation and/or corrective action. The Company will respond to any written concern or complaint within thirty (30) calendar days. If no response is received within thirty (30) days, the employee may move the concern or complaint to the System Safety Board. If there is not an appropriate and timely response from the supervisor, the employee has an obligation to continue up the chain of command as high as necessary to resolve the concern. 4. No employee will be disciplined for calling to the attention of the Company any actual or potential safety concern. 5. Except in emergencies, as defined in Article 2, whenever an employee in the Technician Craft working in a line maintenance environment is asked to replace a seat cushion and/or cover that is reasonably believed to be contaminated with a potential pathogenic substance he shall only be responsible for reinstalling such seat cushion and/or cover. The cleaning of the area and the removal of the old seat cushion and/or cover shall be performed by the cleaners, hazardous material specialist or other appropriate personnel.
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General Safety Rules. Do not enter the water without wearing a lifejacket, turning off the engine, and removing the key. • Maintain a safe speed at all times and drive defensively by monitoring your surroundings. • Avoid aggressive maneuvers such as sharp turns, donuts, or high-speed spins. • Always maintain a safe distance from other watercraft, objects, and people. • Avoid shallow areas to prevent damage to the Watercraft and impeller. • Follow local navigation laws, regulations, hazards, and markers to avoid accidents. • Conduct a head count before starting the engine to ensure all Participants are accounted for. • Remain seated while the Watercraft is in motion. • Do not sit on the bow, sides, or ▇▇▇▇▇ of the Watercraft.
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General Safety Rules. The City will strive to provide safe and healthy working conditions for all Unit members.
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General Safety Rules. 2.1 The Tenant must comply with ALL health and safety regulations and Fire Regulations of the Unihalls trinity and with all other Terms and Conditions, which are referred to and are attached on the Lease Agreement and/or with any new terms and conditions which might be published in the future. 2.2 The Tenant should not do anything which may cause a fire hazard and/or to use and/or to store and/or keep in the Suite and/or in any other area of the Unihalls trinity any dangerous and/or flammable materials including but not limited to, candles and/or incense sticks/burners and/or other naked flame and/or fireworks and/or petrol and/or paraffin and/or bottled gas and/or other dangerous materials and/or any kind of inflatable items that might unreasonably increase the danger of fire or explosion in the Suite and/or in any other area of the Unihalls trinity or might be considered hazardous or extra hazardous by any reasonable insurance company. 2.3 The Tenant should not interfere with any fire fighting and/or prevention equipment and/or fire detector equipment, such as fire extinguishers, fire blankets, and fire alarms, smoke detectors and also not obstruct any fire doors and/or fire exit routes and/or disconnect automatic door closures. If the Tenant is found to interfere with any fire fighting and/or prevention equipment and/or fire detector equipment, such as fire extinguishers, fire blankets, and fire alarms, smoke detectors, then he should pay a penalty of €50 (Fifty Euros). Failure by the Tenant to pay such fine will give the right to the Landlord to deduct such amount from the Security Deposit. 2.4 The Tenant should not make use of electric heaters and/or stoves, and/or electric blankets and/or electric heaters in his Suite and/or in any other area of Unihalls trinity. 2.5 The Tenant should not discharge and/or tamper with and/or operate any fire prevention and/or detection apparatus for any purpose other than the control of fire. 2.6 Any action made by the Tenant that can activate the fire alarm system in the Suite and/or in any other suite and/or in all of the common areas of Unihalls trinity is strictly prohibited. 2.7 In the event where a Tenant suspects that any item of fire safety equipment and/or fire detector equipment is defective and/or it has been used, he must promptly report this to the Unihalls trinity reception desk. 2.8 The Tenant is obliged to read carefully the fire safety regulations and evacuation plan found in his Suite and to be infor...
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General Safety Rules. Always treat every firearm as if it were loaded.
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General Safety Rules. Personnel working in the immediate area of container handling equipment or in traffic lanes shall wear high visibility equipment.
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General Safety Rules. The Contractor complies with the following:  Lethabo Power Station Health and Safety Standards as per Lethabo Power Station Health & Safety Specifications for Contractors (PA/270/003) attached to the Invitation to Tender. This procedure will be handed over during tender enquiry and will enable the successful Tenderers to compile a Health & Safety plan that has to be approved by the Employer prior to commencement of work.  Compliance with Eskom No Smoking PolicyAdhere to the OHS Act 85 of 1993  All staff will undergo Safety Induction, presented by Lethabo Risk Management Department
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Related to General Safety Rules

  • Safety Rules 5.01 The safety rules of the State having jurisdiction shall be observed by the parties hereto. It is recognized that the Employer has the exclusive responsibility for providing a safe and healthful workplace. To assist the Employer in maintaining an effective and continuing safety program, a permanent Joint Safety Committee shall be established, consisting of two (2) members from the Union and two (2) members from the Employers, who shall meet at regular times to administer educational instructions, investigate serious accidents, and to draft appropriate safety rules. Such rules as adopted by this committee, shall become a part of this Agreement.

  • Health and Safety Standards Contractor shall abide by all health and safety standards set forth by the State of California and/or the County of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ pursuant to the Injury and Illness Prevention Program. If applicable, Contractor must receive all health and safety information and training from County.

  • Health & Safety (a) The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Home, in order to prevent injury and illness and abide by the Occupational Health and Safety Act as amended from time to time. (b) A Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) shall be constituted in accordance with the Act, which shall identify potential dangers, recommend means of improving the health and safety programs and obtaining information from the Employer or other persons respecting the identification of hazards and standards. The committee shall meet at least every three months or more frequently if the committee decides. The Employer agrees to accept as a member of its Joint Health and Safety Committee at least one (1) ONA representative selected or appointed by the Union from the Employer. Scheduled time spent in such meetings is to be considered time worked for which representative(s) shall be paid by the Employer at his or her regular or overtime rate. Minutes shall be taken of all meetings and copies shall be sent to the Committee members within two (2) weeks following the meeting, if possible. Minutes of the meetings shall be posted on the workplace health and safety bulletin board. (c) The Employer shall provide the time from work with pay and all related tuition costs and expenses necessary to certify the worker representative. Where an inspector makes an inspection of a workplace under the powers conferred upon him or her under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Employer shall afford a committee member representing workers the opportunity to accompany the inspector during his or her physical inspection of a workplace, or any part or parts thereof. Where a committee member is not available, the Employer shall afford a worker selected by a Union, because of knowledge, experience and training, to represent it, the opportunity to accompany the inspector during his or her physical inspection of a workplace, or any part or parts thereof. (d) Two (2) representatives of the Joint Health and Safety Committee, one (1) from management and one (1) from the employees, shall make monthly inspections of the work place and shall report to the health and safety committee the results of their inspection. The members of the Committee who represent the workers shall designate a member representing workers to inspect the workplace. Where possible that member shall be a certified member. The Employer shall provide the member with such information and assistance as the member may require for the purpose of carrying out an inspection of the workplace. Scheduled time spent in all such activities shall be considered as time worked. (e) The Joint Health and Safety Committee and the representatives thereof shall have access to Incident/Accident Report Form required in S.51, S.52 and S.53 of the Act and the annual summary of data from the WSIB relating to the number of work accident fatalities, the number of lost workday cases, the number of lost workdays, the number of non-fatal cases that required medical aid without lost workdays, the incidence of occupational injuries, and such other data as the WSIB may decide to disclose. It is understood and agreed that no information will be provided to the Committee which is confidential. This information shall be a standing item recorded in the minutes of each meeting. (f) The Union will use its best efforts to obtain the full co-operation of its membership in the compliance of all safety rules and practices. (g) The Employer will use its best efforts to make all affected direct care employees aware of residents who have serious infectious diseases. The nature of the disease need not be disclosed. Employees will be made aware of special procedures required of them to deal with these circumstances. The parties agree that all employees are aware of the requirement to practice universal precautions in all circumstances. (h) The parties further agree that suitable subjects for discussion at the Union-Management Committee and Joint Health and Safety Committee will include aggressive residents. The Employer will review with the Joint Health and Safety Committee written policies to address the management of violent behaviour. Such policies will include but not be limited to: i) Designing safe procedures for employees, ii) Providing training appropriate to these policies, iii) Reporting all incidents of workplace violence. (i) The Employer shall: i) Inform employees of any situation relating to their work which may endanger their health and safety, as soon as it learns of the said situation, ii) Inform employees regarding the risks relating to their work and provide training and supervision so that employees have the skills and knowledge necessary to safely perform the work assigned to them, When faced with occupational health and safety decisions, the Home will not await full scientific or absolute certainty before taking reasonable action(s) that reduces risk and protects employees. iii) Ensure that the applicable measures and procedures prescribed in the Occupational Health and Safety Act are carried out in the workplace. (j) A worker shall, i) Work in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the regulations, ii) Use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the worker's Employer requires to be used or worn, iii) Report to his or her Employer or supervisor the absence of or defect in any equipment or protective device of which the worker is aware and which may endanger himself, herself or another worker, and iv) Report to his or her Employer or supervisor any contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act or the regulations or the existence of any hazard of which he or she knows.

  • Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act The following clauses apply to any Federal-aid construction contract in an amount in excess of $100,000 and subject to the overtime provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. These clauses shall be inserted in addition to the clauses required by 29 CFR 5.5(a) or 29 CFR 4.6. As used in this paragraph, the terms laborers and mechanics include watchmen and guards.

  • Work Health and Safety (a) The employer and employee acknowledge their responsibilities under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012. (b) Where there is a Work Health and Safety Representative they must be elected and will carry out the tasks associated with the role of Work Health and Safety Representative set out within the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.