Common use of Hazard Pay Clause in Contracts

Hazard Pay. Whenever an employee is required to work or supervise under hazardous conditions or above a certain height or below a certain depth or in other listed conditions, hazard pay in the amount of sixty cents (.60) per hour shall be added to the employee's rate for the length of time the employee is actually performing the duties under the hazardous condition. Some of the examples of the conditions for which this allowance will be paid are: shored excavations that exceed sixteen (16) feet in depth for all work below sixteen (16) foot level; where oxygen equipment is required due to sanitary sewers or storm sewers, in situations where safety harnesses are required below sixteen (16) foot level because of the deterioration of manholes where there is a lack of rungs or blocks or where there is a fast flow of water that would endanger the employee's life if they fell into it; employees trimming trees where high voltage (600 volts) are within five (5) feet of the employee performing the work; sand-blasting; spray painting; when an employee is required to work from a bosuns chair or swing stage, (does not include permanent fixed stage or catwalk) which is thirty-five (35) feet or more above the bridge deck or below the bridge deck thirty-five (35) feet above the surface of the earth; whenever working on the superstructure of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx at a height of thirty-five (35) feet or more; when establishing, working in, or tearing down a traffic pattern on roads with speed limits of 45 miles per hour or more; excavating an area where hazardous materials have been identified; and when entering a structure after it has been deemed unsafe for habitation by the Health Department or Department of Inspections. Hazardous conditions that may arise from time to time shall be settled and agreed upon between the designated representative of the employee and the Department of Human Resources.