SAFETY & HEALTH. A. Employees covered by this Agreement who are uniformly and periodically required by the Company to take physical examinations because of the duties they perform shall be scheduled and paid for the time spent taking such examinations in accordance with the Company's established procedures for employees under this Agreement. The Company will schedule the exam in a way that is not unduly burdensome to the employee or the Company. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to employees required to take physical examinations after absence due to illness or any physical examinations other than those specified above.
B. The Company hereby agrees to maintain safe, sanitary and healthful working conditions in all shops and facilities and to maintain on all shifts emergency first aid equipment at a first aid station to take care of its employees in case of accident or illness, and that sufficient employees will be given initial and recurrent first aid / CPR training. It is understood that this does not require the Company to maintain a nurse or doctor on the property, but in an emergency the Company will utilize the appropriate emergency services.
C. The Company agrees to furnish good drinking water and sanitary fountains; the floors of the toilets and washrooms will be kept in good repair and in a clean, dry, sanitary condition. Employees will cooperate in maintaining the foregoing conditions Shops and washrooms will be lighted and heated in the best manner possible consistent with the source of heat and light available. Individual lockers will be provided for all employees where space and lockers are available. Every effort will be made as early as possible to provide space and lockers for all employees.
D. The Company, Union, and employees will cooperate toward the prevention of accidents and the furtherance of an aggressive safety program. A joint Company-
E. The Company shall furnish all necessary safety devices for employees working on hazardous or unsanitary work, and employees will be required to use or wear such devices in performing such work.
F. The Company will furnish appropriate aprons, gloves and shoes to all employees required to work with acids and chemicals that are injurious to clothing while such employees are engaged in such activities, and employees will be required to wear such equipment.
G. Employees taken sick or injured while at work, shall be given medical attention as promptly as reasonably practicable. Employees will not be refus...
SAFETY & HEALTH. The Employer and the IBTCoalition agree that the safety of employees and the general public is of utmost importance. Therefore, the Employer shall provide a safe work environment that is free of recognized hazards that could cause death, injury or illness.
Section 1. The Employer shall comply with applicable federal, state and local safety laws, rules and regulations. Nothing in this Agreement shall imply that the IBT Coalition has assumed legal responsibility for the health and safety of employees.
Section 2. The Employer shall not discipline or discriminate against any employee for the reporting of any injury, illness or other incidents involving safety or health issues or hazardous conditions. The Employer shall annually train all employees of the proper procedures for reporting information, and their right to report such information free from discipline or discrimination.
Section 3. An employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger or serious harm as defined by OSHA. The Employer shall
Section 4. The Employer shall provide information and training to employees on infectious diseases (this includes droplet, airborne, contact and vector spread diseases) to which he/she may have routine workplace exposure, including but not limited to blood-borne pathogen transmitted diseases. Information and training shall include the symptoms of diseases, modes of transmission, methods of self-protection, workplace infection control procedures, special precautions and recommendations for immunizations where applicable. The Employer shall continue to provide and make the hepatitis B vaccinations available to employees who are at risk of occupational exposure.
SAFETY & HEALTH a) The Company will continue to make reasonable provision for the safety and health of its employees. The Company agrees that such protective devices as the Company requires to be worn and other equipment which, in the opinion of the Company is necessary to protect the employee from injury, shall be provided by the Company.
b) Safety manuals shall be made available in each Area's Control Room and in each department. Changes to the safety manuals shall be posted separately for seven (7) days.
c) The Company recognizes the legal status of the Joint Health and Safety Committee. This Committee shall have a maximum of eight (8) employees, four (4) of whom shall be worker members selected by the Union. There are no alternates. Employees from the layoff list, while in a short term position, cannot hold membership on the Joint Health & Safety Committee. This Committee shall meet monthly on Company time, without loss of wages. The four (4) members selected by the Union may, in addition, meet for one (1) hour on the day of the Joint Health and Safety Committee meeting, just prior to this meeting, in order to prepare for the meeting without loss of wages.
d) An employee responsible for an operating production area will not be required to leave their area for more than forty-five (45) minutes to work in another area, unless properly relieved, except for an emergency condition concerning safety.
SAFETY & HEALTH. 22.1 The Company agrees to institute and maintain all precautions to guarantee all employees a safe and healthy workplace. It is equally recognized to be in the best interest of all parties to at all times comply with all applicable health and safety legislation and regulations as outlined in the Canada Labour Code Part II (“CLCII”).
22.2 The Company further agrees to the establishment of a joint Health & Safety Committee which will be composed of three (3) employees appointed by the Union and three (3) representatives of the Company. The duties of the committee will consist of making recommendations for the improvement of safety and to work towards the elimination of all safety hazards. It shall also be the committee's responsibility to review all Category 1 accidents occurring at the Branch for the purpose of recommending methods by which to avoid such accidents from occurring in the future. The committee shall meet regularly for the purpose of discussing safety problems and as the need arises, but in no event shall such committee meet less than nine (9) times in a calendar year. If circumstances make additional meetings necessary, they should be held during or outside regular hours, whatever is required.
22.3 Two co-chairpersons shall be elected every two years by and from the members of the committee. One co-chair shall be a union member; the other shall be a company member. Co-chairpersons will be trained and certified by the THSAO; this training time will be compensated according to whichever is greater 1) Normal Daily Rate or 2) 8 hours at the cover rate.
22.4 The minutes of the Health & Safety Committee shall be recorded and signed by the co-chairpersons, distributed to the committee members, posted on the bulletin boards and sent to the local union.
22.5 The Health & Safety Committee functions will include but not be limited to the following per the CLCII: • Consider and expeditiously dispose of health and safety complaints; • Participate in the implementation and monitoring of programs for the prevention of workplace hazards; • Participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of programs to prevent work place hazards; • Participate in all of the inquiries, investigations, studies, and inspections pertaining to employee health and safety; • Participate in the implementation and monitoring of a program for the provision of personal protective equipment, clothing, devices, or materials; • Ensure that adequate records are kept on work ac...
SAFETY & HEALTH. 34.1 The Medical Center shall make every effort to maintain a safe and healthy workplace.
34.2 No employee shall be expected to perform work that is dangerous to their personal safety and health.
34.3 A joint labor-management health and safety/violence prevention committee composed of three (3) representatives selected by the Medical Center and three
SAFETY & HEALTH. 17.01 The Employer shall take every reasonable precaution to ensure the occupational health and safety of its employees under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap 0-1.01.
17.02 When an Employee, group of employees, or the Union, is not satisfied that the provisions of Article 17.01 are being complied with, and the Workplace Occupational Health and Safety Committee has been consulted and has not resolved the health and safety issue, the following process shall apply:
(i) The matter will be referred in writing to the Employer who shall immediately investigate the matter;
(ii) Failing a satisfactory remedy with ten (10) days following such investigation, the matter may be referred to an Occupational Health and Safety officer appointed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the provisions of the Act with respect to the processing and resolution of such complaint and not this Agreement shall apply.
17.03 Safety Committees shall be established in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
SAFETY & HEALTH. 34.1 The Employer shall make every effort to maintain a safe and healthy workplace.
34.2 No employee shall be expected to perform work that is dangerous to their personal safety and health.
34.3 A joint labor-management health and safety/violence prevention committee composed of three (3) representatives selected by the Medical Center and three (3) representatives of the Union shall be formed. The purpose of this committee is to address issues related to the health and safety of the employees at the Medical Center, including but not limited to safe patient handling, ergonomics, violence prevention, needle safety, protective equipment and clothing, exposure to pathogens and allergens, and work-related illnesses and injuries. The committee shall meet quarterly and time spent at Health and Safety Committee meetings will be compensated in accordance with Article 3.4.
SAFETY & HEALTH. The Employer and the Union share a mutual commitment to ensuring a healthy work environment and the safety and security of employees covered by this Agreement, consistent with and in compliance with applicable state and federal laws. Employees will play an active role in creating a safe and healthy work environment and will comply with all applicable health and safety rules.
SAFETY & HEALTH. The Employer and the Coalition agree that the safety of employees and the general public is of utmost importance. Therefore, the Employer shall provide a safe work environment that is free of recognized hazards that could cause death, injury or illness.
Section 1. The Employer shall comply with applicable federal, state and local safety laws, rules and regulations. Nothing in this Agreement shall imply that the Coalition has assumed legal responsibility for the health and safety of employees.
Section 2. The Employer shall not discipline or discriminate against any employee for the reporting of any injury, illness or other incidents involving safety or health issues or hazardous conditions. The Employer shall annually train all employees of the proper procedures for reporting information, and their right to report such information free from discipline or discrimination.
Section 3. An employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger or serious harm as defined by OSHA. The Employer shall not discipline or discriminate against an employee for a good faith refusal to perform assigned tasks if the employee has requested that the Employer correct the hazardous conditions, but the conditions are not corrected, and the danger was one that a reasonable person under the circumstances would conclude is an imminent danger or serious harm as defined by OSHA. An employee who has refused in good faith to perform assigned tasks shall retain the right to continued employment and receive full compensation for the tasks that would have been performed.
Section 4. The Employer shall provide information and training to employees on infectious diseases (this includes droplet, airborne, contact and vector spread diseases) to which he/she may have routine workplace exposure, including but not limited to blood-borne pathogen transmitted diseases. Information and training shall include the symptoms of diseases, modes of transmission, methods of self- protection, workplace infection control procedures, special precautions and recommendations for immunizations where applicable. The Employer shall continue to provide and make the hepatitis B vaccination available to employees who are at risk of occupational exposure.
SAFETY & HEALTH. Section 1. The Company shall institute and maintain all reasonable precautions for safeguarding the health and safety of its employees, and all employees are expected to cooperate in the implementation thereof. Both the Company and the Workmen's Committee recognize their mutual interest to assist in the prevention, correction, and elimination of all unhealthy and unsafe working conditions and practices.
Section 2. No employee shall be required to perform services that seriously endanger his physical safety, and his refusal to do such work shall not warrant or justify discharge. In all such cases, an immediate conference between the Company and Union shall be held to settle the issue in question.
Section 3. The Company recognizes the Workmen's Committee to be a Union Health and Safety Committee that will discharge this responsibility at a scheduled session as held under Article XVIII. Discussion of Safety and Health topics will be included in minutes issued from that session. The Health and Safety Committee will have the responsibility of making constructive recommendations for changes to eliminate unhealthy and unsafe conditions and practices. Recommendations of the Health and Safety Committee will not be subject to the Grievance Procedure under Article IV.
Section 4. The Company will provide and maintain adequate health and safety equipment, monitoring devices, and personnel protective equipment. Additionally, the Company will provide employee training to ensure that employees are knowledgeable in use and maintenance of health and safety equipment and personnel protective equipment.
Section 5. The Company will provide appropriate routine medical examinations at its discretion. A report of the medical findings will be made to the affected employee.
Section 6. Inspection of all equipment throughout the plant or place of employment shall be continued by the Plant Manager or other persons designated by the Company from time to time. An inspection of any equipment may be secured upon the recommendation of the Workmen's Committee or the workmen employed on such equipment. The Union Workmen's Committee may make written suggestions to the Plant Manager or his representatives as to the elimination of hazards in order to prevent accidents.
Section 7. A Safety and Housekeeping Inspection Team will be maintained for purposes of making periodic inspections of the plant premises and recommendations to improve Safety and Housekeeping. This team will consist of not more ...
