Common use of OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH Clause in Contracts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. Section 1. The Labor-Management Committee established pursuant to Article XIX shall sit, from time to time, as an Occupational Safety and Health Committee. (a) All employees shall be provided with adequate, clean, structurally safe, and sanitary working facilities. (b) Employees who are required to use motor vehicles and power equipment shall be provided with equipment which is in compliance with minimum standards of applicable law. (c) The University shall provide, where necessary, first-aid chests, adequately marked and stocked and in sufficient quantity for the number of employees likely to need them. Such chests shall be reasonably accessible to the employees. (d) Except as otherwise provided by law, the sole remedy for alleged violations of this Section shall be a grievance pursuant to Article XXX of this Agreement. Any employee who withholds services under circumstances not authorized by law, as a means of redressing or otherwise protesting alleged violations of this Section, shall be docked pay for any unauthorized non-performance of work and may be subject to any appropriate disciplinary action. (e) In construing this Section, an arbitrator shall initially have the power only to decide whether the subject facilities meet the standards of subsection (a) of this Section. If the arbitrator determines that the University is in violation of this Section, the University shall take appropriate steps to remedy the violation. If in the opinion of the Union the University does not achieve compliance within a reasonable period of time, the Union may reassert its claim to the arbitrator. Upon such second submission, if the arbitrator finds that the University has had a reasonable time to comply with the terms of this Section and has failed to do so, then and only then, the arbitrator may order the University to follow a particular course of action which will effectuate compliance with the terms of this section. However, such remedy shall not exceed appropriations available in the current budget allocation for the University for such purposes. (f) The University shall make reasonable efforts to provide for the personal security of employees who work in buildings operated by the University, during such hours as said buildings are open to students, staff, University community and to the public.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. Section 1. The Labor-Management Committee established pursuant to Article XIX Employer shall sit, from time to time, as an establish a Citywide Occupational Safety and Health Committee, the members of which shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall include union representation. The Director of the Citywide Office on Safety and Health shall serve, ex officio, as Chairperson of this Committee. The Citywide Occupational Safety and Health Committee shall recommend citywide employee safety and health policy to the Mayor and shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the Occupational Safety and Health Planning Task Force created by Mayor's Executive Order No. 58, dated May 6, 1976, and shall also assume the citywide safety responsibilities of the City Director of Personnel contained in Mayor's Executive Order No. 109, dated August 28, 1969. In addition, this Committee shall act as the City's liaison with Federal and State Agencies, in efforts to obtain grants to finance City employee safety and health programs and shall perform any additional tasks assigned by the Mayor. (a) All employees shall be provided with adequatea. Adequate, clean, structurally safe, safe and sanitary working facilitiesfacilities shall be provided for all employees. (b) Employees who are required to use motor b. Motor vehicles and power equipment shall be provided with equipment which is are in compliance with minimum standards of applicable lawlaw shall be provided to employees who are required to use such devices. (c) The University shall provide, where c. Where necessary, first-first aid chests, adequately marked and stocked and stocked, shall be provided by the Employer in sufficient quantity for the number of employees likely to need them. Such them and such chests shall be reasonably accessible to the employees. (d) Except as otherwise provided d. A Labor Management Health and Safety Committee shall be established in each agency. Each committee shall be composed of not less than three nor more than five labor representatives designated by law, the Union and not more than an equivalent number of management representatives designated by the agency. The appropriate number of such representatives shall be determined jointly. If agreement on the number cannot be reached such number shall be determined by the Commissioner of Labor Relations. e. The sole remedy for alleged violations of this Section shall be a grievance pursuant to Article XXX XV of this Agreement. Any employee who withholds services under circumstances not authorized by law, as a means of redressing or otherwise protesting alleged violations of this Section, Section shall be docked pay for any unauthorized non-performance of work and may be subject to any appropriate disciplinary action. (e) f. In construing this Section, an arbitrator shall initially have the power only to decide whether the subject facilities meet the standards of subsection (a) of this Section 2 but may not affirmatively direct how the Employer should comply with this Section. If the arbitrator determines that the University Employer is in violation of this Section, the University Employer shall take appropriate steps to remedy the violation. If in the opinion of the Union the University Employer does not achieve compliance within a reasonable period of time, the Union may reassert its claim to the arbitrator. Upon such second submission, if the arbitrator finds that the University Employer has had a reasonable time to comply with the terms of this Section and has failed to do so, then and only then, the arbitrator may order the University Employer to follow a particular course of action which will effectuate compliance with the terms of this sectionSection. However, such remedy shall not exceed appropriations available in the current budget allocation for the University involved agency for such purposes. (f) The University g. In any enclosed facility where employees are assigned to work, the Employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide for the personal security of employees who work in buildings operated while they are working. h. When the Employer becomes aware of a safety hazard which the Employer considers an imminent physical danger to employees at a worksite, the Employer shall remove the employees from the affected area. i. The Employer shall provide to the Municipal Labor Committee a copy of the results of environmental testing by the University, during such hours as said buildings are open to students, staff, University community City of a City worksite and to the publicstatistics resulting from special medical testing of employees.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. Section 140.01 All standards established under the Safety Act and Regulations thereunder shall constitute minimum acceptable practice. The Labor-Management Committee established pursuant Employer shall continue to Article XIX make all reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. Such reasonable provisions shall sitinclude the provision of personal protection devices, such as alarms or other items which could enhance the safety of employees who are routinely required to work in potentially dangerous situations, where immediate help is not always available. The Employer will entertain suggestions on the subject from time the Union and the Employer and the Union undertake to time, as consult with a view to adopting and expeditiously carrying out reasonable procedures and techniques designed or intended to prevent or reduce the risk of employment injury. (a) The Employer and the Union agree to establish an Occupational Safety and Health Committee.. The Committee shall consist of at least two persons, one of whom is an employee or, where the Committee consists of more than two persons, at least half of whom are employees who: (ai) All employees shall be provided with adequate, clean, structurally safe, and sanitary working facilitiesdo not exercise managerial functions; and (ii) have been selected by the Union. (b) Employees who are required The following provisions will apply to use motor vehicles the Occupational Safety and power equipment Health Committee: (i) Powers of Committee The Occupational Safety and Health Committee: (a) shall be provided with equipment which is in compliance with minimum standards receive, consider and expeditiously dispose of applicable law.complaints relating to the occupational safety and health of the employees represented by the Committee; (b) shall maintain records pertaining to the disposition of complaints relating to the occupational safety and health of the employees represented by the Committee; (c) The University shall provide, where necessary, firstco-aid chests, adequately marked and stocked and in sufficient quantity for operate with any occupational health service established to serve the number of employees likely to need them. Such chests shall be reasonably accessible to the employees.work place; (d) Except as otherwise provided may establish and promote occupational safety and health programs for the education of the employees represented by law, the sole remedy for alleged violations of this Section shall be a grievance pursuant to Article XXX of this Agreement. Any employee who withholds services under circumstances not authorized by law, as a means of redressing or otherwise protesting alleged violations of this Section, shall be docked pay for any unauthorized non-performance of work and may be subject to any appropriate disciplinary action.Committee; (e) In construing this Section, an arbitrator shall initially have participate in all inquiries and investigations pertaining to occupational safety and health including such consultations as may be necessary with persons who are professionally or technically qualified to advise the power only to decide whether the subject facilities meet the standards of subsection (a) of this Section. If the arbitrator determines that the University is in violation of this Section, the University shall take appropriate steps to remedy the violation. If in the opinion of the Union the University does not achieve compliance within a reasonable period of time, the Union may reassert its claim to the arbitrator. Upon Committee on such second submission, if the arbitrator finds that the University has had a reasonable time to comply with the terms of this Section and has failed to do so, then and only then, the arbitrator may order the University to follow a particular course of action which will effectuate compliance with the terms of this section. However, such remedy shall not exceed appropriations available in the current budget allocation for the University for such purposes.matters; (f) The University shall make reasonable efforts to provide may develop, establish and maintain programs, measures and procedures for the personal security protection or improvement of the occupational safety and health of employees; (g) shall monitor on a regular basis programs, measures and procedures related to the occupational safety and health of employees; (h) shall ensure that adequate records are kept on work accidents, injuries and health hazards and shall monitor data relating to such accidents, injuries and hazards on a regular basis; (i) shall co-operate with safety officers appointed pursuant to the Safety Act; (j) may request from an Employer such information as the Committee considers necessary to identify existing or potential hazards with respect to materials, processes or equipment in the work place; and (k) shall have full access to all Government and Employer reports relating to the occupational safety and health of the employees who work in buildings operated represented by the University, during such hours as said buildings are open to students, staff, University community and Committee but shall not have access to the publicmedical records of any person except with the consent of that person.