Common use of SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT Clause in Contracts

SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT. The Company will not require hourly employees to operate any company vehicle on the streets or highways that is not in safe operating condition or equipped with safety appliances prescribed by law. All unsafe vehicles shall be locked out and red tagged. The Company will not require hourly employees to operate any equipment that is in violation of any relevant statutes. It will not be a violation of this Agreement when hourly employees refuse to operate unsafe equipment or those not properly equipped as prescribed by law. The Company will not ask any hourly employee to take out a vehicle until same has been approved as being safe by the Company. In the event of a dispute over the condition of a vehicle, the matter shall be resolved after consultation between a member of Management, a Union Representative, and a certified mechanic. The certification as to the safety of the vehicle shall be in writing. Should said vehicle be certified by a mechanic as safe, then the employee who refused to take the vehicle out may be subject to discipline if, after the matter has been investigated by the Company and Union, the refusal was found to be frivolous.

SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT. The Company will wi ll not require hourly employees to operate any company vehicle on the streets or highways that is not in safe operating condition or equipped with safety appliances prescribed by law. All unsafe vehicles shall be locked out and red tagged. The Company will not require hourly employees to operate any equipment that is in violation of any relevant statutes. It will not be a violation of this Agreement Ag reement when hourly employees refuse to operate unsafe equipment or those not properly equipped as prescribed by law. The Company will not ask any hourly employee to take out a vehicle until same has been approved as being safe by the Company. In the event of a dispute over the condition of a vehicle, the matter shall be resolved after consultation between a member of Management, a Union Representative, and a certified mechanicmechan ic. The certification as to the safety of the vehicle shall be in writing. Should said vehicle be certified by a mechanic as safe, then the employee who refused to take the vehicle out may be subject to discipline if, after the matter m atter has been investigated by the Company and Union, the refusal was found to be frivolous.