Work Place Hazards. (a) The Employer agrees that all members of the Committee shall have the right to investigate safety hazards at the workplace at any time. Safety hazards include any procedure, part of a workplace, or place external to the workplace which has been or potentially could be affected by the workplace, a substance transported from the workplace, or a substance released from the workplace or any equipment, machine, device, article or thing which may harm a person or the environment. (b) If a Committee member determines that a safety hazard exists the Committee member may direct the Employer to stop the work or to stop the use of any part of a workplace or of any equipment, machine, device, article or thing. (c) In the event of a disagreement between the co-chairpersons of the Committee that an unsafe condition exists, it is agreed that the Committee will seek the professional opinion of a third party to either determine that no safety hazard exists or offer a solution to resolve the safety hazard. (d) If the Employer receives a direction under (c), the Employer shall immediately comply with the direction and shall ensure that compliance is effected in a way that does not endanger a person or the environment.
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Work Place Hazards. (a) The Employer Company agrees that all members of the Committee shall have the right to investigate safety hazards at the workplace at any time. Safety hazards include any procedure, part of a workplace, or place external to the workplace which has been or potentially could be affected by the workplace, a substance transported from the workplace, or a substance released from the workplace or any equipment, machine, device, article or thing which may harm a person or the environment.
(b) If a Committee member determines that a safety hazard exists the Committee member may direct the Employer Company to stop the work or to stop the use of any part of a workplace or of any equipment, machine, device, article or thing.
(c) In the event of a disagreement between the co-chairpersons of the Committee that an unsafe condition exists, it is agreed that the Committee will seek the professional opinion of a third party to either determine that no safety hazard exists or offer a solution to resolve the safety hazard.
(d) If the Employer Company receives a direction under (c), the Employer Company shall immediately comply with the direction and shall ensure that compliance is effected in a way that does not endanger a person or the environment.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
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(a) The Employer agrees that all members of the Committee shall have the right to investigate safety hazards at the workplace at any time. Safety hazards include any procedure, part of a workplace, or place external to the workplace which has been or potentially could be affected by the workplace, a substance transported from the workplace, workplace or a substance released from the workplace workplace, or any equipment, machine, device, article or thing which may harm a person or the environment.
(b) If a Committee member determines that a safety hazard exists the Committee member may direct the Employer to stop the work work, or to stop the use of any part of a workplace workplace, or of any equipment, machine, device, article article, or thing.
(c) In the event of a disagreement between the co-chairpersons of the Committee that an unsafe condition exists, it is agreed that the Committee will seek the professional opinion of a third party to either determine that no safety hazard exists or offer a solution to resolve the safety hazard.
(d) If the Employer receives a direction under (c), the Employer shall immediately comply with the direction and shall ensure that compliance is effected in a way that does not endanger a person or the environment.
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Samples: Collective Agreement