Common use of Injury Prevention Program Description Clause in Contracts

Injury Prevention Program Description. The County of Mendocino will establish responsibilities, provide funding, and adopt procedures and guidelines for the maintenance of an effective safety program, in compliance with federal, state, and local laws. The Injury Prevention Program of the County serves as the mechanism for the implementation of this program. The County will provide a safe work environment for all its employees, and the County will protect the safety of the general public near its facilities and operations within reasonable economic and technological constraints. The County does not believe that it is practical or possible to eliminate every safety risk in the workplace. The County will: 1. Identify responsibilities for implementing the Injury Prevention Program. 2. Maintain procedures for identifying and evaluating workplace hazards. 3. Maintain procedures for correcting unsafe conditions and work practices tempered by economic and technological constraints in a timely manner. 4. Provide a system for communicating with employees on safety matters, to include a method by which employees can report hazards to the County without fear of reprisal. 5. Instruct employees in general safe work practices and in specific safe work practices with respect to hazards unique to each employee's job assignment. 6. Maintain a system for ensuring compliance with safe work practices. 7. Maintain active Safety Council charged with oversight for the Injury Prevention Program. The Safety Council will include representation by a designee and an alternate designee of the Union. The continual cooperation of all employees is necessary to support and sustain an effective safety program. Employees are encouraged to report hazards and offer suggestions for improving safety in the workplace. No adverse action will be taken against any employee for reporting safety problems.