Common use of SAFETY & HEALTH Clause in Contracts

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. 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 vaccinations available to employees who are at risk of occupational exposure.