Common use of SAFETY & HEALTH Clause in Contracts

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. The Employer and the IBTCoalition 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 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 shallshall not discipline or discriminate against an employee for a good faith refusal to perform assigned tasks if the employee has requested that the 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.