Purchase and Replacement Sample Clauses

Purchase and Replacement. Protective work clothing and safety equipment, except prescription lenses and sized safety shoes, which were provided to an employee by the University for use on the job, shall be returned upon completion of the assignment. University-provided items lost or damaged due to employee negligence shall be replaced at the employee’s expense. University- provided items damaged or worn out in the performance of duties shall be repaired or replaced by the University. An employee required to wear prescription safety glasses will pay for the medical eye examinations. The University shall supply the safety lenses and frames selected by the University. Where federal and/or state safety regulations or the University requires an employee to wear safety-shoes, the University will provide the employees with safety shoes or reimburse the employee up to $80 per year for the employee’s purchase of safety-shoes (upon proof of purchase). This provision shall not apply at locations where current safety shoe purchase/reimbursement programs exceed those required by this paragraph. If an employee believes that a refusal to provide safety equipment or clothing would result in an abnormally hazardous or dangerous task as defined in and in violation of Article 11, Section B, Health and Safety, the employee may pursue the alleged violation in accordance with Article 11, Sections B, F and G.