Common use of HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES Clause in Contracts

HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES. In accordance with RSMO 292.675 any contractor for any public body for purposes of construction of public works and any subcontractor to such contractor shall provide a ten-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) construction safety program for their on-site employees which includes a course in construction safety and health approved by OSHA of a similar program which is at least as stringent as an approved OSHA program, unless such employees have previously completed the required program. All employees who have not previously completed the program are required to complete the program within sixty days of beginning work on such construction Project. Any employee found on a work site subject to this section without documentation of the successful completion of the course required shall be afforded twenty days to produce such documentation before being subject to removal from the Project. The CONTRACTOR will forfeit a penalty to the CITY of $2,500 plus an additional $100 for each employee employed by the contractor or subcontractor, or each calendar day, or portion thereof, such employee is employed without the required training.